Deployment For Permanent Absorption Is Distinct From Deputation; Employee Can't Be Arbitrarily Repatriated: Orissa HC

A Division Bench of the Orissa High Court comprising Justice Krishna Shripad Dixit and Justice Chittaranjan Dash held that deployment under a government policy that provides for permanent absorption cannot be treated as deputation, and therefore repatriation or redeployment of such an employee is impermissible. Background Facts The appellant was working as a Peskar...

Shiksha Karmis Under Panchayat Rules Not Entitled To School Education Department Pay Scales : Chhattisgarh HC

A Division Bench of the Chhattisgarh High Court comprising Chief Justice Ramesh Sinha and Justice Ravindra Kumar Agrawal held that service of Shiksha Karmis governed by Panchayat rules are not entitled to pay scales or other benefits applicable to teachers of the School Education Department. Background Facts The appellants were appointed as Shiksha Karmi (Grade-III/II) under...

“Interim Stay Of Notification Not Ground To Deny Compensation”: Patna High Court Upholds ₹5 Lakh Relief To Accident Victim's Family

The Patna High Court has refused to interfere with a Single Judge's direction to pay interim compensation to a victim's family, including a conditional direction restraining the District Magistrate from drawing salary upon non-compliance, holding that benefits under a valid notification cannot be denied merely due to its interim stay during pendency of litigation.A Division Bench comprising...

'Beneficial Schemes Must Be Interpreted Liberally But Can't Override Express Terms': Patna High Court Denies Retrospective Family Pension

The Patna High Court has held that a beneficial executive policy cannot be applied retrospectively in the absence of express provision, reiterating that courts cannot expand the scope of a scheme beyond its stated terms.The court said so while denying extension of extraordinary family pension to the widow of a police officer killed in a Naxalite attack, who had sought benefit under a 2005...

Legal Heirs Entitled To Compensation Even If They Are Not Dependent: Punjab & Haryana High Court Upholds MACT Award

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has upheld a Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT) award granting compensation to the legal heirs of a deceased man, reiterating that the right to claim compensation under the Motor Vehicles Act is not confined to dependents alone.Justice Virinder Aggarwal dismissed an appeal filed by the vehicle owner challenging the MACT, award dated February 23, 2005,...

Gujarat High Court Weekly Round-Up: April 27 - May 03, 2026

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 132 - 2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 142Nominal IndexPravinbanu Ibrahim Sultan Mamrej Kureshi v/s State of Gujarat, 2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 132Dilipsinh @ Dako Kishorsinh Rathod & Ors. v/s State of Gujarat, 2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 133Vasantbhai Premjibhai Vekariya v/s State of Gujarat & Anr., 2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 134Seventh Day Adventist Higher Secondary School & Ors. State...

Punjab AG Threatened After State Blocks 'Lawrence Of Punjab' Trailer

Punjab Advocate General Maninderjit Singh Bedi has received death threats following State's crackdown on content glorifying gangster culture, including the blocking of trailer of “Lawrence of Punjab”— a web series allegedly inspired by gangster Lawrence Bishnoi.Bishnoi is presently lodged in high-security Sabarmati Central Jail in Ahmedabad, Gujarat in connection with several cases...

'We Feel Sorry': Gujarat High Court Laments State's Unresponsiveness To Open Prisons Issue, Seek AG's Response

The Gujarat High Court on Monday (May 4) lamented at the response of State after noting that the compliance of Supreme Court's February directions regarding open correctional institutes (open prisons) had not been placed before it, nor did the Government Pleader or Public Prosecutor had appeared before it today despite advance notice.The court said it "feels sorry" at this response of the...

Rajasthan High Court Grants 'Honourable Acquittal', Says 'Benefit Of Doubt' Or 'No Evidence' Improper Where Charges Not Proved

Rajasthan High Court honourably acquitted two sister-in-laws in a cruelty case observing that while granting acquittal the use of terms "benefit of doubt" and "in absence of evidence" by trial court and revisional court was improper especially when prosecution had miserably failed to prove the charges.The bench of Justice Anoop Kumar Dhand in his order held:"In the instant case also,...

Undertaken Systemic Exercise To Align Recognised Sports Associations With National Sports Code: J&K Sports Council To High Court

The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has recorded that the Jammu & Kashmir Sports Council has undertaken a systemic exercise to bring recognised sports associations in line with the governing norms relating to constitution, democratic elections, eligibility of office bearers, representation of sportspersons, district units and financial discipline under the National...

“Cannot Maintain Double Standards”: Calcutta HC Pulls Up Centre For Selective Compliance Of Court Order Over Andaman DRMs Regularisation Row

The Calcutta High Court has held that the Union Government cannot selectively comply with a binding judicial decision by implementing one part of it while resisting the rest on the ground of “policy,” in a case concerning regularisation of Daily Rated Mazdoors (DRMs) in the Andaman & Nicobar Islands. Deciding an appeal in Union of India & Ors. v. Andaman Sarvajanik Nirman...

Foreigners Have No Right To Reside Or Do Business: Karnataka High Court Upholds 'Leave India' Notice For Running Restaurant On Tourist Visa

The Karnataka High Court has refused to set aside a 'Leave India' notice issued against a French national for running a restaurant in Gokarna on a tourist visa for the past 15 years, holding that foreign nationals have no fundamental right to reside or carry on their business in India.The single judge bench of Justice Sachin Shankar Magadum has directed Christophe Stephane Monxion, a...