High Courts
Senior Entitled To Stepping Up Of Pay If Junior In Same Cadre & Pay Scale Draws Higher Salary: Calcutta HC
A Division Bench of the Calcutta High Court comprising Chief Justice Sujoy Paul and Justice Partha Sarathi Sen held that a senior government employee is entitled to stepping up of pay at par with a junior if both are in the same cadre, same post, and same pay scale, and the junior is drawing higher pay, and earlier higher pay in an ex-cadre post cannot justify permanent...
Delhi High Court Weekly Round-Up: February 09 To February 15, 2026
Citations 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 170 to 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 198NOMINAL INDEXCOURT ON ITS OWN MOTION v/s GOVERNMENT OF NCT OF DELHI & ORS. 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 171 THE FORUM OF MINORITY SCHOOLS v. LT GOVERNOR OF DELHI AND ANR 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 172 GBL Chemicals Limited & Ors. v. State 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 173 Mahender Chaturvedi v. Union of India & Ors 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 174 Rohit...
Karnataka High Court Weekly Round-Up: February 09 - February 15, 2026
Citation 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 38 to 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 53Nominal IndexMohan v/s The State of Karnataka and batch 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 38 Mr Irfan Nasir @ Irfi v/s The NIA 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 39The Registrar General v/s Jayban Adivasi @ Jay Singh and Others and batch 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 40X v/s Y 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 41Sri Venkataiah v/s The State of Karnataka & Others 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 42NIA v/s...
Magistrate Bound To Consider Subsequent 'Closure Report' Even After Taking Cognizance On Initial Chargesheet: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court recently observed that a Magistrate is legally bound to consider and pass an order on the Final Report (closure report) filed by the police, even in those cases where he has already taken cognizance of the offence based on an earlier charge sheet. A bench of Justice Anil Kumar-X added that if the Magistrate proceeds further in the case without considering the...
Employee Can't Be Denied Promotion Due To Employer's Failure To Timely Communicate Annual Performance Reports: Gujarat High Court
The Gujarat High Court has held that denial of promotion by Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Ltd based on Annual Performance Appraisal Reports (APARs) communicated belatedly violates principles of natural justice, and directed reconsideration of an employee's promotion without applying the benchmark requirement.Justice Maulik J. Shelat was hearing a writ petition filed by...
High Court Can Quash Gratuity Orders Passed Without Jurisdiction Even If Employer Did Not Object To Claim: Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court recently held that high courts can exercise power under Article 226 of the Constitution to set aside the order passed by the Controlling Authority granting gratuity without jurisdiction, even if the claim for gratuity was not objected to by the employer.Justice Gopinath P. was considering a writ petition preferred by Kosamattam Finance Ltd. seeking to set aside the...
Commission-Based Workers At Civil Hospital Not Govt Servants; No Right To Regularisation: Gujarat High Court
Holding that handicapped staff at Ahmedabad's Civil Hospital issuing case papers were only working on a contractual basis, earning a commission and were never appointed through a regular recruitment process, the Gujarat High Court refused to grant them status as government servants or direct regularisation of service.The court further said that since none of the petitioners were...
Can't Allow Country To Be Maligned Internationally: Delhi High Court In Author Amrit Wilson's OCI Card Cancellation Case
The Delhi High Court on Monday asked the Central Government to file its submissions to the plea filed by UK based writer and journalist Amrit Wilson against cancellation of her OCI card.During the hearing, Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav orally remarked that “we should not be such a tolerant State that we allow our own country to be criticised or maligned at international...
Cheque Bounce Cases: Delhi High Court Grants Interim Suspension Of Sentence To Actor Rajpal Yadav
The Delhi High Court on Monday suspended for the interim, the sentence imposed on Bollywood actor Rajpal Naurang Yadav in relation to his conviction in cheque dishonour cases.Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma granted interim suspension of sentence till March 18. While paving way for release of the actor from jail for now, the Court noted that Yadav has given Rs. 1.5 crore to the complainant...
'Testing Waters': Punjab & Haryana High Court Pulls Up Lawyer Who Moved Two Bails Pleas In Same FIR, Imposes Costs
The Punjab and Haryana High Court refused anticipatory bail to an Advocate, booked in a rice trading fraud case, holding that the filing of two separate pre-arrest bail petitions in the same FIR—supported by affidavits denying pendency of similar proceedings—amounted to “forum shopping” and an affront to judicial sanctity.Justice Sumeet Goel observed that the petitioner had...
S.482 BNSS | Pre-Arrest Bail Not Maintainable After Arrest, Even If Accused Released On Transit Bail: Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court recently held that an accused arrested and released on transit bail cannot prefer an anticipatory bail plea, and he is only allowed to prefer a regular bail application before the jurisdiction court.Dr. Justice Kauser Edappagath dismissed a pre-arrest bail application of a Kashmiri man, who is arrayed as an accused in a crime registered by the Cyber Crime Police...
Hardship In Raising Mentally Disabled Child No Ground To Kill Her: Madras High Court Upholds Parents' Conviction For Poisoning Daughter
The Madras High Court recently upheld the conviction and sentence of a couple for administering poison and killing their child with mental disorder. While the bench of Justice G Jayachandran and Justice R Poornima sympathised with the parents and the difficulties that they may have faced to bring up the child, the court noted that the parents had a bounden duty to take care of their...