regularisation - The Legal Chamber

In a significant order, the Supreme Court clarified the legal framework governing the use of upper floors in designated Local Shopping Centres (LSCs) in Delhi. The Court held that while the ground floor is permitted for commercial use, utilizing upper floors for commercial purposes requires payment of conversion charges and regularization of any unauthorized construction as per the Master Plan for Delhi-2021 and relevant building bylaws. Facts Of The Case: This case concerns an application for the de-sealing of a commercial premise at Plot No. 106 in New Rajinder Nagar Market, New Delhi. The applicant, M.C. Mehta, filed an Interlocutory Application (I.A.) in the long-standing Public Interest Litigation (W.P.(C) No. 4677 of 1985) concerning unauthorized constructions and land misu...

The Supreme Court affirmed the principle of "equal pay for equal work" for contractually appointed Assistant Professors performing identical duties as their regular and ad-hoc counterparts. It directed the State to pay them the minimum of the pay scale applicable to the post, holding that the nature of the appointment (contractual) does not negate the entitlement to pay parity when the work is the same. Facts Of The Case: The case originated from the State of Gujarat where a significant number of sanctioned posts for Assistant Professors in Government Engineering and Polytechnic colleges remained vacant for years. To address this shortage, the state government made appointments on both ad hoc and contractual bases. The respondents were Assistant Professors appointed on a contractua...

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