Content Provider | Supreme Court of India |
---|---|
e-ISSN | 30484839 |
Language | English |
Access Restriction | NDLI |
Subject Keyword | Public Interest Litigation allotment of land to law institute public property Article 14 of Constitution of India |
Content Type | Text |
Resource Type | Law Judgement |
Jurisdiction | India |
Case Type | Appeal |
Court | Supreme Court of India |
Disposal Nature | Appeal Dismissed |
Headnote | Constitution of India, 1950 - Arts 14,226 -- Allotment of 5. 75 acres of land in Chandigarh to the appellant-Law Institute, at Rs. 900/- per square yard only - Writ petition challenging the allotment - Division Bench of the High Court, consisting of the then Chief Justice and a puisne Judge, by two separate but concurring orders dispose the allotment of land, however, the puisne Judge, did not agree on certain paragraph - Applications there against - Nominated judge held that though the Bench recorded different reasons, the conclusion was same - On appeal, held: Petitioner filed a bonafide writ petition and had the necessary locus - Writ petition was maintainable in public interest as the allotment of the land made in favour of Institute was arbitrary, illegal and violative of Art. 14 - Administration of the Union Territory of Chandigarh conferred largesse on the appellant-Institute by allotting land in its favour for inadequate consideration without following procedure - Allottee cannot be ailowed to make money or profiteer with the aid of the public property - Impugned order passed by the puisne Judge, which was concurred by the then Chief Justice by his separate order and the order of the third nominated Judge holding that there is no difference of opinion in the orders of the Division Bench are legal and valid - Thus, there is no reason to interfere with the impugned orders in exercise of this Court's appellate jurisdiction - Allotment of Land to Educational Institutions (Schools)Rules Etc on Lease Hold basis in Chandigarh Scheme, 1996 - cl. 18. |
Judge | Hon'ble Mr. Justice V. Gopala Gowda |
Neutral Citation | 2014 INSC 652 |
Petitioner | Institute Of Law & Ors. |
Respondent | Neeraj Sharma & Ors. |
SCR | [2014] 11 S.C.R. 1096 |
Judgement Date | 2014-09-19 |
Case Number | 2143 |
National Digital Library of India (NDLI) is a virtual repository of learning resources which is not just a repository with search/browse facilities but provides a host of services for the learner community. It is sponsored and mentored by Ministry of Education, Government of India, through its National Mission on Education through Information and Communication Technology (NMEICT). Filtered and federated searching is employed to facilitate focused searching so that learners can find the right resource with least effort and in minimum time. NDLI provides user group-specific services such as Examination Preparatory for School and College students and job aspirants. Services for Researchers and general learners are also provided. NDLI is designed to hold content of any language and provides interface support for 10 most widely used Indian languages. It is built to provide support for all academic levels including researchers and life-long learners, all disciplines, all popular forms of access devices and differently-abled learners. It is designed to enable people to learn and prepare from best practices from all over the world and to facilitate researchers to perform inter-linked exploration from multiple sources. It is developed, operated and maintained from Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur.
Learn more about this project from here.
NDLI is a conglomeration of freely available or institutionally contributed or donated or publisher managed contents. Almost all these contents are hosted and accessed from respective sources. The responsibility for authenticity, relevance, completeness, accuracy, reliability and suitability of these contents rests with the respective organization and NDLI has no responsibility or liability for these. Every effort is made to keep the NDLI portal up and running smoothly unless there are some unavoidable technical issues.
Ministry of Education, through its National Mission on Education through Information and Communication Technology (NMEICT), has sponsored and funded the National Digital Library of India (NDLI) project.
Sl. | Authority | Responsibilities | Communication Details |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Ministry of Education (GoI), Department of Higher Education |
Sanctioning Authority | https://www.education.gov.in/ict-initiatives |
2 | Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur | Host Institute of the Project: The host institute of the project is responsible for providing infrastructure support and hosting the project | https://www.iitkgp.ac.in |
3 | National Digital Library of India Office, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur | The administrative and infrastructural headquarters of the project | Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in |
4 | Project PI / Joint PI | Principal Investigator and Joint Principal Investigators of the project |
Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in Prof. Saswat Chakrabarti will be added soon |
5 | Website/Portal (Helpdesk) | Queries regarding NDLI and its services | support@ndl.gov.in |
6 | Contents and Copyright Issues | Queries related to content curation and copyright issues | content@ndl.gov.in |
7 | National Digital Library of India Club (NDLI Club) | Queries related to NDLI Club formation, support, user awareness program, seminar/symposium, collaboration, social media, promotion, and outreach | clubsupport@ndl.gov.in |
8 | Digital Preservation Centre (DPC) | Assistance with digitizing and archiving copyright-free printed books | dpc@ndl.gov.in |
9 | IDR Setup or Support | Queries related to establishment and support of Institutional Digital Repository (IDR) and IDR workshops | idr@ndl.gov.in |