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The petitioner was an accused in GR Case No. 750 of 2020, arising from FIR No. 60 of 2020 dated 23 April 2020, registered at Police Station Bambooflat, South Andaman, under Sections 188, 269, 270, 271 and 34 of the IP...
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The appellant Association represented 139 contractual employees engaged by the Andaman and Nicobar Islands Medical Education and Research Society, which manages the Andaman and Nicobar Islands Institute of Medical Sci...
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The petitioner, a registered trade union, represented 122 daily-rated mazdoors (“DRMs”) engaged by the Forest Administration on diverse dates from 1990 onwards.
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The petitioners in WPA/484/2023 were engaged as Mazdoors/DRMs on a daily-rated basis in 2011 after their names were sponsored by the Employment Exchange and they participated in an interview conducted by a Selection C...
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The respondent was initially engaged on 25 September 1996 as a Daily Rated Mazdoor/Chowkidar and thereafter continued under successive daily-rated, part-time and contractual engagements on consolidated pay.
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The dispute arose from a longstanding civil controversy concerning approximately 12 decimals of land at Gazipur Hattala, Howrah.
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The petitioner alleged that CESC’s electricity meter, electric line, and other electrical installations situated on his premises were being used to supply electricity to the private respondents, his nephew(s).
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Maya Singh, the petitioner in W.P.A. 18656 of 2026, sought an electricity connection at her residential premises.
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The appellants, representing hawkers and members of the Chandanpur Bazar Railway Premises Shoppers’ Cooperative Society Limited, challenged an eviction-cum-show-cause notice dated 1 August 2025 issued by the railway a...
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The appellant-plaintiff instituted a suit for specific performance of an agreement for sale concerning the predecessor-in-interest of the respondents’ 1/7th share in the subject property. The agreement was embodied in...
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The petitioners comprised the directors and employees of C-Quel Management Services Pvt. Ltd.
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The respondent-workman was engaged by the Indo-German Fertiliser Educational Project, a temporary project established pursuant to a collaboration agreement with the Federal Republic of Germany. His engagement commence...
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The petitioner, an erstwhile director of M/s. D.S. Metals Pvt. Ltd., was arrayed as accused no. 3 in a prosecution under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (“NI Act”).
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The private respondent was appointed as Deputy General Manager on probation by ITD Cementation India Limited, the petitioner’s erstwhile company, by an appointment letter dated 14 January 2009. His services were confi...
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The petitioners, namely the husband, parents-in-law, sister-in-law and other relatives of the de facto complainant, sought quashing of G.R. Case No. 4280 of 2024 arising from Nagerbazar P.S. Case No. 173 of 2024, regi...
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West Bengal State Jamiat-e-Ulama, through its General Secretary, sought police permission to conduct a sit-in demonstration beside Metro Channel, Esplanade, with approximately 500 participants on 6–8 September 2026, f...
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The petitioner challenged the appellate authority’s order dated 18 July 2025, which refused to entertain its appeal under Section 107 of the WBGST/CGST Act, 2017 against an order dated 4 June 2022 passed under Section...
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The petitioner challenged the disconnection of electricity at the relevant premises by CESC on the ground of unauthorised use of electricity. The petitioner’s father was the registered consumer, and the supply was dis...
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