SCC Weekly

Armed Forces — Regularisation — Entitlement/Non-Entitlement: Considering that Porters in Indian Army engaged as casual labourers/daily-wage employees in border areas (high risk/highly

Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — Ss. 33, 2(2) and 35-A & Or. 20, Or. 6 R. 4 and Or. 41 R. 27

Ban on Commercial Surrogacy: The article attempts to briefly discuss the philosophical ideas behind advocating and banning surrogacy, as well as the

Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Ss. 11(5), (9) and (12) — International commercial arbitration: In dispute between two foreign parties which

Advocates — Senior Advocates: Matter regarding challenge to process of designating lawyer as Senior Advocate was heard by Supreme Court and reserved

Andhra Pradesh (Andhra Area) Estates (Abolition and Conversion into Ryotwari) Act, 1948 (26 of 1948) — Ss. 11 and 3 — Grant

Armed Forces — Pension — Entitlement to: Mere fact that appellant had crossed threshold of four red entries could not be ground

Civil Procedure Code, 1908 — Or. 37 (as amended in 1976) — Leave to defend: Leave to defend can be granted unconditionally

Constitution of India — Art. 51-A(a) — Duty to respect ideals and institutions, the National Flag and National Anthem: Interim directions issued

Constitution of India — Art. 243-ZD: Vidhayak Nidhi Scheme as introduced by State of U.P. similar to MPLADS, not violative of Art.

Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Ss. 45 and 8 — Reference of dispute to arbitration under S. 45 where arbitration clause

Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 — S. 138 — Post-dated cheque described as ‘security’ towards repayment of instalment of already disbursed loan amount:

Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 — Ss. 16, 5, 8 and 11 — Power and jurisdiction of arbitrator to adjudicate disputes when

Associations, Societies and Clubs — Body discharging public functions but not amounting to “State” — BCCI: Due to obstructionist and defiant attitude

Associations, Societies and Clubs — Body discharging public functions but not amounting to “State” — BCCI: Root and branch reform of BCCI

Constitution of India — Art. 32 — Scope of interference under — Ex debito justitiae jurisdiction: Principle of ex debito justitiae is

Constitution of India — Art. 226 — Writ appeal — Tax matters: Jurisdiction of Division Bench in a writ appeal is primarily

Service Law — Retirement/Superannuation — Voluntary retirement — Voluntary Retirement Scheme (VRS): Where VRS floated by employer is contractual in nature and