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Accepting Reduced Penalty To Resume Job Doesnt Bar Employee From Challenging Subsequent Revisional Order Terminating Employment: MP High Court

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that an employee who accepts a reduced penalty under an appellate order reinstating him in service does not forfeit the right to challenge a subsequent revisional order terminating his employment. [2026 LiveLaw (MP) 439]The bench of Justice Vivek Kumar Singh observed:"The argument raised by the respondents that because the petitioner did not challenge...

Waqf Registration Of Property Based On Tenants Application Without Notifying Mutawalli Violates Natural Justice: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has held that registration of a property as a waqf property at the instance of a tenant facing eviction, instead of a Mutawalli(manager), amounts to gross violation of the principles of natural justice, and a petition under Article 226 of the Constitution challenging such registration certificate would be maintainable.Justice T.P. Vivekananda was hearing a writ...

Kerala High Courts Example Prompted Supreme Court To Strive For More Women Representation : CJI Surya Kant

Chief Justice of India Surya Kant on Sunday (November 1) inaugurated the Platinum Jubilee Celebration of the Kerala High Court, marking 70 years since its inception on November 1, 1956."This High Court has been a place where constitutional promises have found practical meaning, where difficult questions of law have received thoughtful answers, and where successive generations have reposed...

Authorities Must Ensure Proper Implementation Of Subsisting Civil Court Status Quo Order: Calcutta High Court In Land Dispute Case

The Calcutta High Court has held that authorities must ensure proper implementation of a subsisting civil court order directing parties to maintain status quo over a disputed property.Justice Rishad Medora directed the concerned police authority to ensure proper implementation of an October 6, 2026 order passed by the 3rd Civil Judge (Senior Division), Howrah, which had directed the parties to...

Amid Bar-Bench Tensions, Why Has Allahabad HCBA Sought Oudh Bars Intervention Against Justice Arun Kumar Singh Deshwal?

Amid ongoing tensions between the Bar and the Bench at the Allahabad High Court, the Allahabad High Court Bar Association (HCBA) has written to the newly elected office-bearers of the Oudh Bar Association, seeking their intervention and appropriate action to restrain Justice Arun Kumar Singh Deshwal from participating in judicial proceedings. In a letter dated October 31, 2026, addressed to...

Correction Window Cannot Be Used To Submit Fresh Job Applications After Deadline Expires: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court has held that reopening an application portal to allow candidates to correct or modify their particulars does not permit fresh applications after the prescribed recruitment deadline has expired.Justice Rishad Medora dismissed a writ petition filed by a TET-qualified OBC candidate seeking permission to apply for the recruitment of 13,421 Assistant Teachers in West...

Meghalaya High Court Rejects Third Bail Plea Of Bangladeshi Nationals Prosecuted Under Foreigners Act Over Alleged Illegal Stay In India

The Meghalaya High Court has rejected the third bail applications filed by two Bangladeshi nationals accused in a case involving alleged offences under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, the Arms Act, 1959, the Foreigners Act, 1946, and the Explosive Substances Act, 1908, noting that only one prosecution witness remained to be examined.Justice W. Diengdoh remarked that: “This Court is also...