Case List - Administrative Law

Delegated Legislation –

1. Panama Refining Company v Ryna – 293 US 388 (1935)

2. Yakes v US – 321 US 414 (1944)
3. In Re Delhi Laws Act – AIR 1951 SC 332 *
4. Gwalior Rayon v Asst. Comm. Sales Tax – AIR 1974 SC 1660 *
5. Indian Express Newspapers v Union of India - AIR 1986 SC 546
6. State of MP v Bhola – (2003) 3 SCC 1
7. Narendra Kumar v Union of India - AIR 1960 SC 430
8. Madan Lal Sethi v State of Madhya Pradesh – (1997) 5 SCC 141
9. Air India v Nergesh Meerza – AIR 1981 SC 1829 *

Ultra Vires

Substantive Ultra Vires–

1. State of UP v Janta Industrial Udyog – AIR 1991 SC 477

2. Bar Council of Delhi v Surjit Singh - AIR 1980 SC 1612
3. State of Punjab v Hari Kishan – AIR 1966 SC 1081
4. State of Karnataka v H. Ganesh Kamath - AIR 1983 SC 550
5. State of TN v M/s Hind Stone – AIR 1981 SC 711
6. In Regina v St. AHE School – AIR 1971 SC 1920
7. Rajnarain v Chairman, Patna Administration – AIR 1954 SC 569
8. Lachmi Narain v Union of India – AIR 1976 SC 714
9. Bar Council of Delhi v Bar council of India – AIR 1975 Del 200

Legislative Control Over Delegated Legislation -

1. Atlas Cycle Industries Ltd. v. State of Haryana – AIR 1979 SC 1149

2. S.R. Bommai v Union of India –AIR 1994 SC 1918
3. Hukkum Chand v. UOI - AIR 1972 SC 2427

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Publication Of Rules –

1. Harla v State of Rajasthan – AIR 1951 SC 467*

2. Maharashtra v George – AIR 1965 SC 722
3. WCS Mills Co. v Bangalore Corporation – AIR 1962 SC 562
4. Govind Lal v Agricultural Produce Marketing Committee – AIR 1976 SC 263

Sub-Delegation-

1. A.S. Rao and Co. v. Agricultural Market Committee - AIR 1977 AP 325 *
2. K.Ramanathan v State of TN – AIR 1985 SC 660
3. Laxmi Khandsari v. State of UP – AIR 1981 SC 873 *
4. Foremost Dairies v. State – AIR 1986 Raj 116
5. New India Industrial Corp v. Union of India – AIR 1980 Del 277

Non –legislative control on sub – delegation (by Administrative, Quasi-judicial) –

1. Narain Das v. State of MP – AIR 1974 SC 1232

2. State of UP v. Batuk Deo Pati Tripathy – 1978 2 SCC 102

Administrative Adjudication -

1. SP Sampath Kumar v. UoI– AIR 1987 SC 386*

2. Awadesh Kumar Singh v. State – AIR 1988 Pat 273
3. RK Jain v. UoI– (1993) 4 SCC 119
4. L. Chandra Kumar v. UoI– (1995) 1 SCC 400*

Principles of Natural Justice –

1. Olga Tellis v. Municipal Corporation of Bombay - AIR 1986 SC 180*

2. SL Kapoor v Jagmohan – AIR 1981 SC 136
3. Sukhdev v. Commissioner Amravati Division – 1996 5 SCC 103
4. Balco Captive Power Plant MazdoorSangh v. NTPC – 2007
5. Gulzar Singh v. Sub-div Magistrate – (1999) 3 SCC 107
6. Sultan Singh v. State of Haryana – (1996) 2 SCC 66
7. State of MP v. RP Sharma – (1996) 10 SCC 516

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Bias –

1. State of West Bengal v. Shivanand Pathak – (1998) 5 SCC 513

2. S. Parthasarthy v. State of Andhra Pradesh – (1974) 3 SCC 459 *

Pecuniary bias–

1. Dimes v Grant Junction Canal – 1852 3 HLC 759 (UK)

2. JeeJee Bhoe v. Assitant Collector, Thana – AIR 1965 SC 1096
3. J. Mohapatra & Company v. State of Orissa – AIR 1984 SC 1572*

Personal Bias -

1. Mineral Development Ltd v. State of Bihar – AIR 1960 SC 468*

2. Murlidhar v. Kadam Singh – AIR 1964 MB 111
3. Metropolitan Properties Ltd v. Lannon – 1968 3 AER 304 (UK)*
4. AK Kraipak v. Union of India – AIR 1970 SC 150*
5. G. Saran v. Lucknow University – AIR 1976 SC 2428

Departmental Bias -

1. Franklin v. Minister of Town and Country Planning – 1948 AC 87

2. Gullapali Nageshwar Rao v AP State Road Transport Corp – AIR 1959 SC 308 (I)
3. Gullapali Nageshwar Rao v AP State Road Transport Corp – AIR 1959 SC 1376 (II)
4. Blaize and Central Corp. v. Union of India - AIR 1980 Kant. 186

Legitimate Expectation

1. Monet Ispat and Energy Ltd.v. Union of India – (2012) 11 SCC 18*
2. Madras City Wine Merchants Association v. State of Tamil Nadu – (1994) 5 SCC 509
3. Bharat Millls Ludhiana v. State of Punjab – AIR 1996 P&H HC 223
4. Food Corporation of India v. KamdhenuCattlefeed Industries – AIR 1993 SC 1601*
5. Ghaziabad Development Authority v. Delhi Auto and General Finance Ltd – 1994 4 SCC
42
6. Dr. Chanchal Goyal v. State of Rajasthan - (2003) 3 SCC 485
7. Central Secretary of State of Karnataka v. Umadevi -(2006) 4 SCC 1

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 8. J.P. Bansal v. State of Rajasthan and Anr. - AIR 2003 SC 1405
9. Navjyoti Coo-Group Housing Society etc. vs. Union of India and Others - AIR 1993 SC
155
10. Shri Mogo Nagi v. State of Nagaland And Ors. - AIR 1995 Gau 6
11. Indian Aluminium Company Ltd. v. Karnataka Electricity Board

Promissory Estoppel -
1. Motilal Padampat Sugar Mills Co. Ltd. v. State of Uttar Pradesh and Ors. - AIR 1979 SC
6218
2. Union of India (UOI) and Ors. v. Godfrey Philips India Ltd. - AIR 1986 SC 806*
3. Thakur Amar Singhji v. State of Rajasthan -AIR 1955 SC 504
4. Mathra Prashad and Sons v. State of Punjab -AIR 1962 SC 745
5. Union of India (UOI) and Ors v. Indo-Afghan Agencies Ltd. - AIR 1968 SC 718*
6. Union of India & Ors v. M/S. Indo-Afghan Agencies Ltd - 1968 AIR 718, 1968.
7. Municipal Corporation of the City of Bombay v. Secretary of State

English Cases -
8. Federal Crop Industrial Corporation v. Meril332 US 380 (1947)
9. Moser v. US
10. City of Long Beach v. Mansil
11. Schwicher v. Hansen
12. Howell v. Falmouth Boat Construction
13. South End on Sea Corporation v. Hodgson Wickford Ltd
Wednesbury Principles -

1. Associated Picture House Ltd v. Wednesbury Corporation – 1948 1 KB 223

2. Borough Council case
3. Short v. Pool Corporation – 1926 1 Chancery Court 66
4. Evans v. Collins – 1964 1 AER 808
5. Roberts v. Hawkwood – 1925 1 AC 578
6. Stock-o Trent Council v. B. Retail- (1984) 2 AER 332
7. Rohatas Industries v. S.T. Aggarwal – AIR 1969 SC 707

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 8. State of Maharashtra v. Babulal – AIR 1967 SC 1353
9. Jashbir Kaur v. Union of India - AIR 2004 SC 293

Proportionality

1. Mineral Development Ltd. v. State of Bihar – 1960 SC 468

2. Ranjit Thakur v. Union of India – AIR 1987 SC 2386*
3. Om Kumar v. Union of India- 2001 2 SCC 386*
4. R v. Chief Constable of Sussex - (1999) 1 AER 129

Henry VIII Clause –

1. Jalan Trading Company v. Mill Mazdoor Union – AIR 1967 SC 691*

Separation of Powers -

2. Keshavananda Bharati v. Union of India - AIR 1973 SC 1461

3. Golaknath v. State of Punjab –AIR 1967 SC 1643
4. Indira Gandhi v. Raj Narain– AIR 1975 SC 2299
5. IR Coelho
6. Kartar Singh v. State of Punjab
7. Ram JawayaKapur v. State of Punjab – AIR 1955 SC 549
8. S.R. Bommai v. Union of India - AIR 1994 SC 1918

Retrospective Applicability of Administrative Law Doctrines -

1. A.B. Nachane&Anr v. Union of India &Anr. – AIR 1982 SC 1126*

2. State of MP v. Tikam Das – AIR 1975 SC 1429*
3. Union of India & Ors v. B D Dubey – AIR 2010 SC 425*