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The appellant, Ajmera Shyam, challenged the election of Smt. Kova Laxmi, alleging that she failed to disclose income shown in her income‑tax returns for four financial years in the Form 26 affidavit, marking it as “Nil”. The High Court dismissed the election petition, holding that the omission was …
The petitioners challenged the nomination of three members to the Puducherry Legislative Assembly by the Central Government under Section 3(3) of the Government of Union Territories Act, 1963, arguing that the Central Government must consult the Union Territory’s Council of Ministers or Chief …
Gothamchand Jain filed a suit for specific performance of a contract in Pondicherry in 1991. The trial court held that Article 2262 of the French Code Civil, which provides a thirty‑year limitation, applied and the suit was not time‑barred. The High Court reversed, finding that the Indian Limitation …
New Horizon Sugar Mills Ltd and its directors, who had guaranteed a bank loan, defaulted and faced attachment of their properties under the Pondicherry Protection of Interest of Depositors in Financial Establishments Act, 2004. They challenged the validity of that Act and a government order …
The Government of Pondicherry entered into a Build‑Operate‑Transfer concession with Subhash Projects & Marketing Ltd (SPML) for the development of the minor Pondicherry Port, issuing a Letter of Intent and a concession agreement without prior Central Government approval. The appellants challenged …
The case concerned the selection of migrant Scheduled Caste (SC) candidates for posts reserved for SCs in the Union Territory of Pondicherry. The Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) had declared the selection illegal, holding that only SCs listed in the 1964 Presidential Order for Pondicherry were …
The appellants, dealers in petrol and diesel in Mahe, challenged the levy of a municipal tax on fuel and the subsequent Pondicherry Municipal Decree (Levy and Validation of Taxes, Duties, Cesses and Fees) Act, 1973. The High Court had struck down the original levy and later upheld the Validation Act …
The Goa Sampling Employees' Association filed an industrial dispute against its employer, the General Superintendence Co. of India, concerning iron‑ore samplers employed at Mormugao Port in the Union Territory of Goa, Daman & Diu. The Central Government, invoking Section 10(1)(d) of the Industrial …
