Court : Delhi
Decided on : Nov-05-1982
Reported in : AIR1983Delhi176; 23(1983)DLT148; 1983(4)DRJ161; 1983RLR73
..... act permitted land to be acquired for purposes of flood control on payment of nominal compensation while an adjoining land could be acquired for other public purposes under the land acquisition act, 1894 only on payment of adequate compensation. the court held that it was unjust discrimination between owners of land similarly situate by the mere accident of some land being ..... case of the deputy commissioner and collector, kamrup and others (supra) the 'and belonging to the respondent was sought to be acquired by the state of assam under the assam acquisition of land for floor control and prevention of erosion act, 1955 read with assam act 21 of 1960. the respondent had challenged the validity of the act on various grounds .....
Tag this Judgment!Court : Delhi
Decided on : Oct-08-1982
Reported in : [1985]58CompCas643(Delhi); 23(1983)DLT74; 1983(4)DRJ271; 1985(6)ECC226
Avadh Behari Rohatgi, J. (1) Those are four appeals from the order of Foreign Exchange Regulation Appellate Board dated 16th May, 1980. This Judgment will govern them all. (2) These are the facts.On 10-2-1973 the Customs Authorities of Palam Airport seized certain documents from the custody of Shri L. D. Bhatia, appellant in Crl. A. 183/80, who had arrived on a flight from Kabul. These documents were 27 in number. They were forwarded by the customs authorities. to the enforcement directorate on 9-1-1974. Among the seized documeats there was one paper, page 25, which appeared to be a balance sheet of a business concern called Reliable Traders of Kabul. The material entries at page 25 were as follows : 'NAME Of Thb Account Amount In Afghanis Cr. Leelawati 18,50,000.00 Motia Rani 16,00,000.00 Dr. L. D. Bhatia 62,800.00 Ram Lal Bhatia 2,75,510.00' (3) These four persons are residents of India and carry on business under the name of Bhatia Brothers at Delhi. (4) Now at the airport Bhatia wa...
Tag this Judgment!Court : Delhi
Decided on : May-28-1982
Reported in : AIR1982Delhi431; 22(1982)DLT29b; 1982(3)DRJ342; 1982RLR576
Prakash Narain, C.J.(1) These three appels have been placed before us on a refernce by a Division Bench of this Court. Some of the points in the three appeals are different but it is not necessary to deal with each one of them as the main point is common that alone turns the fate of these appeals. (2) The common point of law which arises for determination in these cases is with regard to the interpretation of sub-section (4) of section 19 of the Slum Areas (Improvement and Clearance) Act, 1956, hereinafter referred to as the Act. This provision reads as under :- '(4)In granting or refusing to grant the permission under sub-section (3), the Competent Authority shall take into account the following factors, namely:- (a) Whether alternative accommodation within the means of the tenant would be available to him if he were evicted ; (b) whether the eviction is in the interest of improvement and clearance of the slum areas ; (c) such other factors, if any, as may be prescribad.'The contentio...
Tag this Judgment!Court : Delhi
Decided on : Jan-25-1982
Reported in : 21(1982)DLT262; 1982(3)DRJ218; (1982)IILLJ387Del
..... appeal) rules, 1968. the charge against the petitioner was of accepting bribe, the reasons stated for dispensing with inquiry were that it was not possible to get the bribe giving passenger to give evidence, that no corroborating evidence was available, that insistence on corroboration would result in corrupt employee going free, that by examining vigilance inspector as a witness his effectiveness .....
Tag this Judgment!Court : Delhi
Decided on : Apr-01-1982
Reported in : AIR1982Delhi446; 22(1982)DLT23
Sachar, J. (1) This is an appeal against the order of the learned single Judge holding that the Indian Leprosy Association (Hind Kusht Niwaran Sangh) hereinafter to be called the Sangh) is not an authority or a State Government within Article 12 of the Constitution and no writ petition is. thereforee, maintainable.(2) The facts leading to the writ petition are that by memorandum of 1-5-1980 the appellant was informed that he had been selected for the post of Assistant Editor to the journal 'Leprosy in India' run by the Sangh. He was put on probation for a period of one year. His services could be terminated during the period of probation without any notice and without assigning any reason, thereafter the services will be terminable on one months' notice on either side. By a memo of 13-9-1980 the appellant was informed that his services will stand terminated w.e.f. 14-10-1980. This was in pursuance of the resolution of the Sangh dated 19-8-1980. The appellant then chellenged his termina...
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