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Aug 20 2010 (SC)

Rajinder Kishan Gupta and anr. Vs. Union of India and ors.

Court : Supreme Court of India

..... was challenged before the high court which ended in dismissal. as raised before the high court, it was contended before us that in view of the metro railways (construction of works) act, 1978, the respondents are not permitted to invoke urgency provision under the land acquisition act which deprived the appellants from participating in the ..... goel for dda.5) main contentions:i) when the acquisition of the land is for dmrc and when there is a specific act, namely, the metro railways (construction of works) act, 1978 whether the authorities are justified in invoking the urgency provision in the land acquisition act by dispensing enquiry under section 5a of the ..... enquiry under section 5a. the metro railways act (no. 33 of 1978) was enacted by the parliament to provide for the construction of works relating to metro railways in the metropolitan cities. chapter iii of the said act deals with `acquisition'. it is not .....

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Jul 02 2012 (SC)

Village Panchayat, Calangute Vs. the Additional Director of Panchayat- ...

Court : Supreme Court of India

..... appellant had entertained the complaint made by local residents, revoked occupancy certificate and also cancelled the permission granted to the company for raising construction. the resolution cancelling the permission was recalled apparently because the rules of natural justice had not been followed. thereafter, the sarpanch issued notice ..... is not only entrusted with the duty to implement the programme of welfare schemes and other development works, but also stop any unauthorised construction erected in the panchayat area. section 66 which regulates erection of buildings within panchayat area empowers it and/or the sarpanch to take ..... responsibilities of village panchayati. general functions:(1) preparation of annual plans for the development of the panchayat area. (7) demolition of unauthorised construction. viii. drinking water: (1) construction, repairs and maintenance of drinking water well, tanks and ponds.(2) prevention and control of water pollution. (3) maintenance of rural water .....

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Jul 26 1968 (SC)

State of Gujarat and anr. Vs. Acharya Shri Devendraprasadji Pande

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR1969SC373; 1969CriLJ649; 1969MhLJ45(SC); [1969]1SCR456

..... cost of which was more than rs. 2 lacs. on plot no. 98-a shops were being built in four blocks. construction was also being made on another plot no. 98-a-2 opposite the railway crossing. on may 30, 1962 the charity commissioner instituted a complaint in the court of the city magistrate at ahmedabad giving most of ..... these facts and stating inter alia that under the provisions of the act a trustee who desired to invest trust funds in construction of buildings was bound to obtain ..... government pleader before the high court, was that in the letter dated march 22, 1962, the charity commissioner had called for a 'statement' or 'report' regarding certain construction work which was being carried on by the respondent in his capacity as a trustee and since the same had not been complied with the respondent had been rightly convicted .....

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Aug 26 2008 (SC)

State of Andhra Pradesh and ors. Vs. Larsen and Tourbo Ltd. and ors.

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : 2008(5)ALD85; 106(2008)CLT919(SC); JT2008(9)SC463; 2008(12)SCALE77; (2008)9SCC191; (2009)11VatReporter160; (2008)17VST1(SC); 2008AIRSCW6358

..... execution of works contract;(45) 'works contract' includes any agreement for carrying out for cash or for deferred payment or for any other valuable consideration, the building construction, manufacture, processing, fabrication, erection, installation, laying, fitting out, improvement, modification, repair or commissioning of any movable or immovable property;chapter - iiiincidence, levy and ..... [***] of the total consideration received or receivable for any specific contract subject to such conditions as may be prescribed; (d) any dealer engaged in construction and selling of residential apartments, houses, buildings or commercial complexes may opt to pay tax by way of composition at the rate of 4%of ..... of service or work rendered. that is why it is called composite contract. works contracts can be of two types only:(a) works contracts for constructions; and (b) works contract in relation to any movable property like repairs to vehicles, printing contracts etc.13. in the first case of the .....

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Feb 21 1978 (SC)

State of Uttar Pradesh Vs. Batuk Deo Pati Tripathi and anr.

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : 1978CriLJ839; 1978LabIC839; (1978)2SCC102; [1978]3SCR131; 1978(10)LC237(SC)

..... consider every one of those matters, the exercise of control instead of becoming effective will tend to cause delay and confusion in the administration of justice in the state. a construction which will frustrate the very object of the salient provisions contained in article 235 ought, as far as possible, to be avoided. the control vested in the high courts by ..... statutory interpretation. the true position as stated by the author is :the maxim delegatus non-potest delegere does not enunciate a rule knows no exception; it is a rule of construction to the effect that 'a discretion conferred by statute is prima facie intended to be exercised by the authority on which the statute has conferred it and by no other .....

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Sep 05 1960 (SC)

K.M. Nanavati Vs. the State of Bombay

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR1961SC112; (1961)63BOMLR221; 1961CriLJ173; [1961]1SCR497

..... portion of it which is termed reprieveor stay of execution or suspension and respite of sentence which differs fromsuspension of sentences only in terminology. the construction suggested wouldbe illogical because the plenitude if the language would remain unaffectedbefore the petition for leave to appeal is filed and after the decision of ..... contemplate that two authorities, i.e.,executive and judicial should operate in the same field and that it isnecessary that this court should put a harmonious construction on them. article142 of the constitution, it was contended, is couched in language of the widestamplitude and comprises powers of suspension of sentences etc. ..... 142 and the executive power under art. 161 can withincertain narrow limits be exercised in the same field. the question thatimmediately arises is one of harmonious construction of two provisions of theconstitution, as one is not made subject to the other by specific words in theconstitution itself. as already pointed out, art. .....

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Nov 25 1960 (SC)

The State of Uttar Pradesh and ors. Vs. Babu Ram Upadhya

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR1961SC751; 1961CriLJ773; (1970)ILLJ670SC; [1961]2SCR679

..... that all statutory rules vis-a-vis the disciplinary proceedings taken against a government servant are administrative directions, and the other applies the well settled rules of construction and holds thaw the appropriate authority is bound to comply with the mandatory provisions of the rules in making an inquiry under a particular statute. a close ..... regard, inter alia, to conditions of service without impinging upon the overriding power recognized under art. 310. 18. learned counsel for the respondent contends that this construction is inconsistent with that prevailing in the english law and that the intention of the framers of the constitution could not have been to make a radical departure ..... the validity of the act done in disregard of them.' 41. this passage was accepted by the judicial committee of the privy council in the case of montreal street railway company v. normandin l.r. [1917] a.c.170 and by this court in state of u.p. v. manbodhan lal srivastava : (1958)iillj273sc 42. .....

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Mar 27 2014 (SC)

Safai Karamchari Andolan and ors. Vs. Union of India and ors.

Court : Supreme Court of India

..... sponsored scheme being implemented in 1989-90 for elimination of manual scavenging by converting existing dry latrines into low cost water pour flush latrines and also for construction of new sanitary latrines. (v) with a view to eliminate manual scavenging, a scheme known as national scheme of liberation and rehabilitation of scavengers ..... scavengers identified is 5,77,228. it further noted that manual scavengers were being employed in the military engineering works, the army, public sector undertakings, indian railways etc. (ix) in 2003, a report was submitted by the comptroller and auditor general (cag) which evaluated the national scheme for liberation and rehabilitation of ..... to expressly acknowledge article 17 and article 21 rights of the persons engaged in sewage cleaning and cleaning tanks as well persons cleaning human excreta on railway tracks.13) learned additional solicitor general has brought to our notice various salient features of the act which are as under:- (i) the above- .....

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Jul 14 2020 (SC)

Director General (Road Development) National Highways Authority of Ind ...

Court : Supreme Court of India

..... way. hills may be classified according to the way they were formed and the kinds of materials they are made of. there are two types, constructional and destructional. constructional hills are created by a built-up of rock debris or sand deposited by glaciers and wind. oval-shaped landforms called drumlins and sand dunes are ..... principles, after following the prescribed procedure. based upon these codes and the building regulations framed by various town planning departments, clearances and permissions/approval for development and construction were issued. it was argued that the mandatory and sweeping nature of the directions in para 17 (e) by the ngt has resulted in these directions being ..... ). this issue had arisen in rajkot municipal corpn. v. manjulben jayantilal 57. nakum16 in the context of certain facts. the deceased used to travel on a railway season ticket to rajkot to attend to his office work. one day whilst he was on the footpath on the way to his office, a roadside tree suddenly .....

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Dec 04 2018 (SC)

V.k. Girija Vs. Reshma Parayil

Court : Supreme Court of India

..... earlier rule; when two provisions of law one being a general law and the other being a special law govern a matter, the court should endeavour to apply a harmonious construction to the said provisions. but where the intention of the rule-making authority is made clear either expressly or impliedly, as to which law should prevail, the same shall be .....

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