Illegal Termination Violating Natural Justice Mandates Reinstatement, Not Mere Compensation: Calcutta HC

Calcutta High Court: A single judge bench consisting of Justice Raja Basu Chowdhury set aside a labour court's order that denied reinstatement to a bus driver, despite finding his termination to be illegal. The court held that when termination violates principles of natural justice, reinstatement should be awarded instead of mere compensation. Background C Chitambaram worked as...

'No Substitute For Physical Classes': MP High Court Remarks In Debarred NLU Bhopal Student's Plea Challenging BCI's Attendance Rules

While hearing a writ petition filed by a student of the National Law Institute University Bhopal who was debarred due to shortage of attendance, the Madhya Pradesh High Court orally said that "there is no substitute for physical classes" adding that video conferencing must be an exception rather than the rule. The student, in the petition, challenged the validity of the attendance...

Gujarat High Court Upholds Compensation To Kin Of 18-Yr-Old Who Died Due To Electrocution By Low-Hanging Live Wire

The Gujarat High Court upheld a trial court order granting over Rs. 6 Lakh compensation to the mother of an 18-year-old boy who died due to electrocution caused by low-hanging live electric wires which got entangled with trees under which the deceased was standing to cut grass for grazing cattle. Justice Hemant Prachchhak in his order observed: “It is appropriate to note herein that it is...

Allahabad High Court Refuses To Entertain Samajwadi Party's Plea Against Eviction Of Pilibhit District Office

The Allahabad High Court today refused to entertain a writ petition moved by the Samajwadi Party (SP) challenging the decision of the Nagar Palika Parishad, Pilibhit, to evict the Party from its district office premises.A bench of Justice Ashwini Mishra and Justice Jayant Banerji observed that since the petitioner/party had already approached the civil court in relation to the same...

Not Free Speech: Allahabad HC Denies Bail Over Alleged Posts Showing PM Apologising To Pakistan, Indian Jets Being Shot Down

The Allahabad High Court today refused to grant bail to a man accused of posting objectionable content on social media against the Prime Minister of India and the Indian Armed Forces. A bench of Justice Arun Kumar Singh Deshwal observed that the freedom of speech guaranteed under the Constitution does not extend to such acts which disrespect high dignitaries and create disharmony...

Immaterial Whether Appellate Authority Under Air Or Water Act Has Expert Member After Formation Of NGT: Punjab & Haryana High Court

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has said that the absence of an Expert Member as part of the Appellate Authority under the Haryana Air and Water Act does not occasion any disadvantage to the person aggrieved approaching the Authority after the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has come into force.The Court dismissed the plea challenging the notification issued by the Haryana Government...

Mosques Approach Bombay High Court Challenging Mumbai Police Notices To Remove Azaan Loudspeakers

Five Mosques from Mumbai's eastern suburbs have approached the Bombay High Court accusing the Police of 'targeting' the Muslim Community by issuing allegedly 'unsubstantiated' notices to several such mosques for removing loudspeakers used for daily Azaan on ground of breaching the provisions of Noise Pollution Rules, 2000.A division bench of Justices Ravindra Ghuge and Milind Sathaye on...

Valmiki Corporation Scam : Karnataka High Court Allows CBI To Investigate Alleged Diversion Of Funds From KGTTI & ST Welfare Dept

The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday allowed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to investigate the role of public officials in the alleged diversion of funds from the Karnataka Gramin Technical Training Institute (KGTTI) and the Scheduled Tribes Welfare Department as part of its investigation into the scam related to the Valmiki ST Development Corporation.The CBI said that...

Chhattisgarh High Court Denies Plea Of Student Simultaneously Enrolled In Two Degrees, Seeking Modification Of Clashing Exam Timetables

The Chhattisgarh High Court has dismissed a plea of Satyendra Prakash Suryawanshi— a student enrolled in two simultaneous academic programmes, who requested modifications to his final exam timetable in order to prevent a scheduling conflict and pleaded conducting the exams at separate times or on different dates.The petitioner was pursuing an M.S.W. from Pt. Sundarlal Sharma (Open)...

Section 25F, Industrial Disputes Act; Actual Acceptance Of Compensation Not Required For Compliance: MP HC

Madhya Pradesh High Court: A single judge bench of justice Maninder Bhatti dismissed two writ petitions filed by daily wage workers (gardeners) challenging their termination. The workers argued that their employer had not followed the procedure mentioned under Section 25F of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, before terminating their services. However, the court held that...

Plaintiff Cannot Confer Jurisdiction By Amending Pleadings, Amounts To Changing Nature Of Dispute: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court at Goa has held that a party cannot confer jurisdiction on a civil court through an amendment of pleadings that would fundamentally alter the nature of the dispute. Dismissing a writ petition under Article 227 of the Constitution, the Court upheld the trial court's refusal to allow amendment of pleadings before deciding the respondent's application for return of the...

Clubbing Stay Of Employee At Different Postings For Transfer Purposes Doesn't Violate Definition Of “Transfer” Under State Rules: HP High Court

The Himachal Pradesh High Court has held that clubbing the period of stay for the transfer of employees does not violate the State's Transfer Policy or the statutory rules governing transfers. In holding thus, the court overruled an earlier conflicting judgment in Anurag Chadha v. State of Himachal Pradesh, 2023.Justice Tarlok Singh Chauhan & Justice Sushil Kukreja: “We are at a...