Gujarat National Law

University, Gandhinagar

Course Outline
Of

Administrative Law

For

Semester 1V (2010 batch)

January- May 2012

Faculty: Girish. R
Assistant Professor of Law
Gujarat National Law University
Email: rgirish@gnlu.ac.in
Mob: 8128650806

Consultation Hours:
Time: 4 PM to 5 PM
Days: Monday, Wednesday and Friday

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No. Contents Page
IV. 5. 1. Important Note to Students 3

IV. 5. 2. Objectives of the Course 3

IV. 5. 3. Proposed Teaching Schedule 3-4

IV. 5. 4. Modules 4-8

IV. 5. 5 Teaching Methodology 8-9

IV. 5. 6. Evaluation Pattern 9

IV. 5. 7. Evaluation Pattern 9

IV. 5. 8. Recommended Readings 9-10

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IV. 5. 1. Important Note to Students

The given course-outline is tentative. The concerned faculty-member may

modify it while preparing the reference material and engaging the classes.

The teaching course of this subject and methodology will not be necessarily
bound by parameters shown here.

Both faculty-members and students may mould it according to needs as and

when it creates for better and progressive understanding of the subject in a
flexible way.

IV. 5. 2. Objectives of the Course: Why should you study Administrative

Law?

Administration is an individual’s interface with the State. Due to radical change

in the philosophy regarding the role and function of the State (from laissez faire
to welfare), the opportunities of interaction with administration have increased
manifold and continue to increase further. The situation is such that
administrative actions impinge on every aspect of an individual’s life. Due to
unprecedented rise in state intervention in an individual’s (whether citizen or
non-citizen) life, the possibilities of accumulation of uncontrolled power and of
arbitrariness in its exercise too has increased. This in turn has started adversely
affecting legal rights granted to an individual by the law. Therefore,
administrative law has been systematically developed as an instrument to ensure
that the powers entrusted or delegated to the administrative authorities are
exercised strictly in accordance with the law. Its rapid growth in the 20 th century
is regarded as the most significant development in the field of law. It deals with
legal framework governing public administration and the principles to control
executive power to avoid arbitrariness.

IV. 5.3. Proposed Teaching Schedule

Module No. Of
Modules
No. Sessions
IV. 5. 4. 1 Introduction: Evolution, Nature and Scope 05
of Administrative Law
IV. 5. 4. 2 Fundamental Doctrines of Administrative 05

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IV. 5. 4. 3 Delegated Legislation 14
IV. 5. 4. 4 Principles of Natural Justice 14
IV. 5. 4. 5 Administrative Discretionary Powers 08
IV. 5. 4. 6 Judicial Review of Administrative Action 04
IV. 5. 4. 7 Administrative Adjudication 04
IV. 5. 4. 8 Maladministration & Alternative Remedies 04
IV. 5. 4. 9 Government as Litigant 02
Total 60

IV. 5. 4. Modules

IV. 5. 4. 1. Introduction: Evolution, Nature and Scope of Administrative

Law (5 Sessions)

 Evolution, Nature and Scope of Administrative Law

 Laissez-faire State, Social Welfare State, and Modern State
 Comparative evolution
 Definition, Nature and Scope
 Relationship between Administrative Law and Constitutional Law

IV. 5.4. 2. Fundamental Doctrines of Administrative Law (5 Sessions)

 Classification of Functions
 Doctrine of rule of Law
 Doctrine of Separation of Powers
Cases

1) Ram Jawaya Kapoor v. State of Punjab AIR 1955 SC 549

2) Indira Nehru Gandhi v. Raj Narain AIR 1975 SC 299
3) Kesvananda Bharati v. State of Kerala AIR 1973 SC 1461
4) ADM Jabalpur v. Shivkant Shukla AIR 1976 SC 1207
5) Indian National Congress v. Institute of Social Welfare AIR 2002
SC2158
6) Government of Andhra Pradesh v. Smt. P. Laxmi Devi AIR 2008
SC1640

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IV. 5. 4. 3. Delegated Legislation (14 Sessions)

 Concept
 Growth and Development
 Classification
 Comparative position –UK; USA; India
 Excessive Delegation- Constitutional Limits
 Control of Delegated Legislation- Parliamentary, Procedural and Judicial
Controls
Cases

1) In Re Delhi Laws Act, AIR 1951 SC 332

2) Kerala state Electricity Board v. Indian Aluminum company AIR 1976
SC 1031
3) Inder Singh v. State of Rajasthan AIR 1957 SC 510
4) Raj Narain Singh v. Chairman, Patna Administration Committee AIR
1954 SC 569
5) Hari Shankar Bagla v. State of MP AIR 1954 SC 465
6) Edward Mills v. State of Ajmer AIR 1955 SC 25
7) Jalan Trading Company v. Mill Mazdoor Sabha AIR 1967 SC 691
8) Gammon India Limited v. UOI AIR 1974 SC 960
9) Shama Rao v. Union Territory of Pondicherry AIR 1967 Sc 1480
10) Gwalior Rayon Silk Mfg. (Wvg) Company Ltd. v.Assistant
Commissioner of Sales Tax AIR 1974 SC 1660
11) N.K. Papiah v. Excise Commissioner AIR 1975 SC 1007
12) Jan Mohammad v. State of Gujarat AIR 1966 SC 385
13) Atlas Cycle Industries Ltd. v. State of Haryana AIR 1979 SC 1149
14) Harla v. State of Rajasthan AIR 1951 SC 467
15) 14. Union of India v. Cynamide India Ltd AIR 1987 SC1802
16) Hamdard Dawakhana v. Union of India AIR 1960 SC554
17) State of TN v. Sabanayagam (1998) 1 SCC 318
18) Express News Paper Pvt. Ltd v. Union of India AIR 1958 SC 578
19) Chintamon Rao v. State of MP AIR 1951 SC118
20) Corporation of Calcutta v. Liberty Cinema AIR1965 SC 1107
21) Dwaraka Prasad v. State of UP AIR 1954 SC118
22) Delhi Transport Corporation v. D.T.C. Mazdoor Congress AIR
1991 SC 101
23) Omprakash v. State of UP (2004) 3 SCC 402
24) NarendraKumar v. Union of India (AIR 1960 SC 430)
25) Municipal Corporation of Delhi v. Birla Cotton Mills AIR 1968 SC
1232

IV. 5. 4. 4. Natural Justice (14 Sessions)

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 Concept and Applicability- Administrative Action
or Quasi-Judicial Action?
 nemo judex in causa sua -Rule against bias
 audi alteram partem- Right to be heard
 Requirements of Natural Justice
 Reasoned decision & Right to legal Representation
 Expanding Horizon of Natural Justice
 Duty to Act Fairly
 Other procedural norms
 Exclusion of Natural Justice.
 Exceptions to Principles of Natural Justice
 Effect of failure to Comply with Principles of
Natural Justice
Cases

1) A.K. Kraipak v. Union Of India AIR 1970 SC 150

2) Maneka Gandhi v. UOI AIR 1978 SC 597
3) Ranandprasad Singh v. Union of India (1996) 4 SCC 64
4) State of UP v. Mohammed Nooh AIR 1958 SC 86
5) Gullapalli NageswaraRao v. APSRTC AIR 1959 SC 308
6) Gullapalli NageswaraRao v. State of A.P 1959 SC1376
7) Manaklal v. Dr. Premchand AIR 1957 SC425
8) J. Mohapatra and Co. v. State of Orissa AIR 1984 SC 1572
9) Tata Cellular v. UOI (1994) 6 SCC 651
10) Jeejeebhoy v. Asst. Collector, Thana AIR 1965 SC 1096
11) Managing Director, Electronic Corporation of India Ltd. v. V.B.
Karunakar (1993) 4 SCC 727
12) S.N. Mukerjee v. UOI (1990) 4 SCC 594
13) Dr. S.P. Kapoor v. State of HP AIR 1981 SC 2181
14) Swadeshi Cotton Mills v. UOI AIR 1981 SC 818
15) Trehan v. UOI (1989) 1 SCC 764
16) Jawahar Lal Nehru University v. B.S. Narwal AIR 1980 SC 1666
17) Election Commission of India v. Dr. Subramanian Swamy ( 1996)
4 SCC 104
18) Dhakeswari Cotton Mills v .CIT AIR 1955 SC 55
19) Suresh koshy v. University of Kerala AIR 1969 SC 191
20) SP Paul v. Calcutta University AIR 1970 Cal 289
21) Hiranath Mishra v. Rajendra Medical College AIR 1973 SC 1260
22) State of Kerala v. KTA Shaduli AIR 1977 SC 1627
23) JK Aggarwal v. Haryana Seeds Development Corporation AIR
1991 SC 1221
24) Naga Peoples Movement of Human Rights v. Union of India
(1998) 2 SCC 109

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 25) Union of India v. Hindusthan Development Corporation AIR 1994
SC 988
26) Shrilekha Vidyarthi v. State of U.P AIR 1991 SC 537
27) Union of India v. Tulsiram Patel AIR 1985 SC 1416
28) R.C.Cooper v. Union of India AIR 1970 SC564

IV. 5. 4. 5. Administrative Discretionary Powers (8 Sessions)

 Discretionary powers
 Judicial Control over administrative discretion
 Fundamental Right and administrative discretion
 Reasonable Exercise of Power and Wednesbery Principle
Cases

1) Pratap Singh v. State of Punjab AIR 1964 SC 72

2) Himmat Lal v. Police Commissioner, Ahmedabad AIR 1973 SC 87
3) State of Madras v. V.G. Row AIR 1952 SC 159
4) Sadanandan v. State of Kerala AIR 1966 SC 1925
5) Ram Manohar Lohia v. State of Bihar AIR 1966 SC 740
6) Express Newspapers Ltd. v. Union India AIR 1986 SC 872
7) Barium Chemical Ltd. V. Company Law Board AIR 1967 SC 295
8) Rampur Distillery v. Company Law Board AIR1970 SC 1789
9) Somawanti v. State of Punjab AIR 1963 SC151
10) Nandlal v. Bar Council of Gujarat AIR 1981 SC 477
11) Jagannath v.State of Orisa AIR 1966 SC 1140
12) Associated Provincial Picture Huse v. Wednesbery Corporation
(1947) 2All ER 680
13) British Oxygen Co. Ltd. v. Ministry of Technology (1970) 3 WLR
488

IV. 5. 4. 6. Judicial Review of Administrative Action (4 Sessions)

 Grounds of Judicial Review of Administrative Action

 Writ Jurisdiction
 Doctrine of Legitimate expectation
 Doctrine of public accountability
 Doctrine of proportionality
 Laches
Cases

1) Schmidt v. Secretary of State Home Affairs (1969) 1 All E.R .904

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 2) Council of Civil Service Unions v. Minister for Civil Service (1984) 3
All E.R .935
3) Punjab Communications Ltd. v. Union of India AIR1999 SC1801
4) Union of India v. Hindusthan Development Corporation AIR 1994 SC
988
5) Premchand v. Excise Commissioner AIR 1965 SC 996

IV. 5. 4. 7. Administrative Adjudication (4 Sessions)

 Concept of administration adjudication

 Reason for the growth
 Administrative Tribunals
Cases

1) Province of Bombay v. Khushal Das Advani AIR 1950 SC 222

2) S.P. Sampath Kumar v. UOI (1987) 1 SCC 124
3) L. Chandra Kumar v. UOI (1997)

IV. 5. 4. 8. Maladministration & Alternative Remedies (3 Sessions)

 Concept and Need

 Ombudsmen in India-Lakpal
 Lakayukta in States
 Central Vigilance Commission
 Ombudsman
 Right to Information
Case

1) Vineet Narain v. Union of India (1998) 1 SCC 226

IV. 5. 4. 9. Government as a Litigant (3 Sessions)

 Development of the concept of state liability

 Privileges of government
 Doctrine of Estoppels and Waivers
 Tortious liability
 Contractual liability
Cases

1) Robertson v. Minister of Pensions (1949) 1KB 227

2) Union of India v. Anglo –Indo-Afghan Agencies Ltd. AIR 1968 SC 718
3) Century Spinning and Mfg. Co. Ulhasnagar Municipality AIR 1971 SC
1021

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 4) Motilal Padampat Sugar Mills v. State of UP AIR 1979 SC 621
5) State of Rajasthan v. Vidyavati AIR 1962 SC 933
6) Kasturilal v. State of U.P AIR 1965 SC 1039
7) Karamshi v. State of Bombay AIR 1964 SC 1714
8) RD Shetty v. International Air Port Authority AIR 1979 SC 1628

IV. 5. 5. Teaching Methodology

 Analytical and Case-law method

 Analysis of cases
 Principles from contemporary jurisprudence
 Other important writings of jurists
 Comparative analysis
 Students presentations
 Discussions and interactions

IV. 5. 6. Evaluation Criteria:

Break up of marks for the purpose of evaluation is as follows:

Attendance & Discipline in Class Room : 05

Continuous Evaluation - Class Test : 20

Continuous Evaluation -Project and Viva : 15

End Semester Examination : 60

Total : 100

IV. 5. 7. Tentative Exam Dates:

Class Test: 20th February, 2012

Project Submission: 26th March, 2012

IV. 5. 8. Recommended Readings:

1. De Smith’s Judicial Review of Administrative Action; 6th ed.; Sweet &

Maxwell, 2007.

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2. Elliot Mark, Beatson, Mathews, and Elliot’s Administrative Law Text and
Materials; 3rd ed.; Oxford, 2007.
3. Wade H.W.R & Forsyth C.F, Administrative Law; 10th ed.; Oxford,
2009.
4. Craig Paul, Administrative Law; 5th ed.; Thomson Sweet & Maxwell,
2008.
5. Stott, David & Felix, Alexandra, Principles of Administrative Law; 1st
ed.; Cavendish Publishing Limited, 1997.
6. Basu Durga Das, Administrative Law, 6th ed.; Kamal Law House,
Kolkatta, 2005.
7. Jain M.P, Indian Administrative Law: Cases and Materials; Vol. I.1994,
Vol. II 1996; Wadhwa and Company Nagpur, 1994, 1996.
8. Jain M.P& Jain S.N, Principles of Administrative Law; 5th ed.; Wadhwa
Nagpur, 2009.
9. Jain M.P& Jain S.N, Principles of Administrative Law; 6th Enlarged ed.;
Vol. I ⅈ Wadhwa Nagpur, 2010.
10.Jain M.P, Treatise on Administrative Law; 1996 ed.; Wadhwa and
Company Nagpur, 1996.
11.Sathe S.P, Administrative Law, 7th ed.; LexisNexis Butterworths Wadhwa
Nagpur, 2008.
12.Massey I.P, Administrative Law; 7th ed.; EBC, 2008.
13.Takwani C.K, Lectures on Administrative Law; 4th ed.; EBC, 2011.
14. Kesari U.PD, Administrative Law; 17th ed.; CLP, 2008.
15.Kagzi M.C.J, The Indian Administrative Law; 6th ed.; Universal, 2002.

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