arbitrary action Archives

‘Attempt to curtail individual’s personal freedom’; MP High Court quashes Externment order; directs State to pay ₹ 25,000/- in litigation costs

“It is unfortunate that even the Divisional Commissioner, Shahdol has chosen to merely countersign an order of rejection of appeal, without application of mind.”

Case Briefs High Courts

J&K and Ladakh HC directs Govt to constitute high-level Committee to enquire into JKSSB’s “brazen illegalities” in awarding tenders for conducting recruitment exams

In an elaborate legal analysis, along with scathing observations, the J&K and Ladakh HC stated that JKSSB's actions in favouring one blacklisted agency to conduct recruitment exams, have doomed the future of many aspirants and put a question mark over its own efficacy.

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Explained| Is there an absolute bar on judicial review of State’s ‘arbitrary’ action in matters arising from non-statutory contracts?

Supreme Court: On the issue of the scope of judicial review of action by the State in a matter arising from a