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A.R. Antulay vs R.S. Nayak & Anr on 29 April, 1988
The Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court in A.R.
Antulay Vs. R.S. Nayak - (1988) 2 SCC 602 held that the per-
incurium are those decisions given in ignorance or forgetfulness of
some inconsistent statutory provision or some authority binding
on the Court concerned so that in such cases some part of the
decision or some step in the reasoning on which it is based is
found, on that account to be demonstrably wrong.
State Of Orissa & Anr vs Mamata Mohanty on 9 February, 2011
If a decision
has been given per in curiam, the Court can ignore it. The
Supreme Court in State of Orissa & Another Vs. Mamata
Mohanty, (2011) 3 SCC 436, held that "Incuria" literally means
"carelessness". In practice per incuriam is taken to mean per
ignoratium. The Courts have developed this principle in relaxation
of the rule of stare decisis. Thus the "quotable in law", is avoided
and ignored if it is rendered, in ignoratium of a Statute or other
binding authority.
Municipal Corporation Of Delhi vs Gurnam Kaur on 12 September, 1988
The Supreme Court in Municipal Corporation of Delhi Vs.
Gurnam Kaur - (1989) 1 SCC 101, held that "A decision should
be treated as given per incuriam when it is given in ignorance of
the terms of a statute or of a rule having the force of a statute.
Rajasthan Welfare Society vs Director Primary And Secondary ... on 3 March, 1998
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It is argued that Rule 82 of the Rules of 1993 provides
that the employees of aided institutions shall be entitled to
gratuity as admissible under the Act of 1972 as amended from
time to time. The aforesaid provisions will have to be therefore
interpreted in the manner that after appointment of the
respondents with the Government under the Rules of 2010,
relationship of master and servant between the management of
the aided educational institutions and the respondents-employees
stood terminated and those employees would be entitled to claim
not only the gratuity but also the leave encashment directly from
the respective grant in aid educational institution. Reliance has
been placed on the judgment in Rajasthan Welfare Society Vs.
Director, Primary & Secondary Education, Rajasthan,
Bikaner & 11 Others, 1998 (3) WLC (Raj.) Page 360, which
has been upheld by the Supreme Court. Learned Additional
Advocate General submitted that the appellants are under legal
obligation to make payment of gratuity and leave encashment
directly to the respondents who were their employees and worked
against the sanctioned aided posts prior to their appointment with
the State Government.
Paul Enterprises & Ors vs Rajib Chatterjee & Co. & Ors on 13 January, 2009
In Paul Enterprises and Others Vs. Rajib
Chatterjee and Company and Others - (2009) 3 SCC 709,
the Supreme Court was dealing with a case where an
advertisement was issued by the State of West Bengal inviting
applications for grant of excise licence for country spirit shops
from unemployed youth. Appellant no.1, a partnership firm of
appellants no.2 and 3, applied therefor. The respondent no.1, a
partnership firm of respondents no.2 and 3, also applied for
allotment of the licence for country spirit shop. While appellant
no.1 was placed at serial no.3, the respondent no.1 was placed at
serial no.2. The candidature of respondent no.1 was objected to
by the appellants, inter alia, contending that respondents no.2 and
3 were not "unemployed youth" within the meaning of the said
advertisement and two locations of the liquor shops proposed by
them were not conducive therefor. The District Magistrate, being
the licensing authority, directed an enquiry to be held. The enquiry
officer, in his report, inter alia, opined that whereas respondent
no.2 carried on seasonal business in paddy, til, potatoes, etc. the
respondent no.1 carried on business with his brother. The
Additional District Magistrate (Excise), however, disagreed with the
said view taken by the enquiry officer. The allotment of the
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country spirit shop was made in favour of the respondent no.1.
Aggrieved thereby, the appellant filed writ petition before the High
Court, which was allowed by the Single Bench and an intra court
appeal preferred thereagainst by the respondent was allowed by
the Division Bench. The Division Bench was satisfied that the
respondents were to be considered as "unemployed youth" in
terms of the advertisement. The Supreme Court, in those facts,
held that in such a situation "the interpretation clause should be
given a contextual meaning", and in para 24 and 32 of the report
held as under:-
State Of Maharashtra & Ors vs Reliance Industries Ltd & Ors on 28 January, 2019
The Supreme Court in State of Maharashtra and
Others Vs. Reliance Industries Limited and Others - (2017)
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10 SCC 713, while dealing with this basic rule of interpretation of
the statutes, held in para 27 of the report as under:-
Article 226 in Constitution of India [Constitution]
Sr. Senior Superintendent Of Post ... vs Gursewak Singh on 15 March, 2019
The Supreme Court in a recently delivered judgment
dated 15.03.2019 in Senior Superintendent of Post Offices
Vs. Gursewak Singh and Others - Civil Appeal
No.3150/2019, dealing with a case where the respondent was
engaged as Gramin Dak Sewak, i.e., an Extra-Departmental
Agent, to work on a part-time basis in the Postal Department,
resigned from the said part-time job in 2014. He then approached
the Controlling Authority-cum-Assistant Labour Commissioner,
Central, seeking gratuity under the Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972.
The stand of the Department was that he was not entitled to ex-
gratia gratuity under the Gramin Dak Sewak (Conduct &
Engagement) Rules, 2011 as he had voluntarily resigned from the
job. The Rules of 2011 have separate provision for payment of
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Gratuity to the Extra-Departmental Agent, and therefore he is not
an employee under the Act of 1972. The Controlling Authority-
cum-Assistant Labour Commissioner allowed his claim. The
department filed an appeal under Section 7(7) of the Act of 1972
before the Deputy Chief Labour Commissioner (Central),
Chandigarh. The appellate authority dismissed the appeal. The
writ petition filed by the Department against the aforesaid orders
before the High Court, was also dismissed by the Single Bench
and the appeal, preferred thereagainst, was also dismissed by the
Division Bench. The Supreme Court, against the backdrop of these
facts held that while Rule 6(13) of the same Rules provides that
no gratuity is payable if an Extra-Departmental Agent quits the
agency by way of resignation on his own, except on medical
ground, and since the respondent tendered resignation in 2014
and appellant accepted his resignation on 28.04.2014 and passed
an order under Rule 6(13) permitting him to quit the service, as a
consequence, he became disentitled to payment of gratuity under
the Statutory Rules, 2011. The Supreme Court considered the
provisions of Section 4 of the Act of 1972 which states that
"Gratuity shall be payable to an employee" and further considered
the provisions of Section 2(e) of the Act of 1972, which specifically
excludes persons who are governed by any Act, or Rules providing
for payment of Gratuity.