Kerala High Court Weekly Round-Up: March 17 - 23, 2025

Nominal Index [Citations: 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 181 – 202]XXX v Union of India, 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 181Badi Govindan v Dayaroth Arikothan Rohini, 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 182T K Pavithran v Kerala Lok Ayukta, 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 183Kerala Waqf Samrakshana Vedhi v State of Kerala and Others, 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 184Dhanesh M v State of Kerala, 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 185Ummu Kulsoom and Others v Mayyanad...

Court Must Assign Reasons For Accepting Or Rejecting Grounds Of Challenge U/S 34 Of Arbitration Act: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court bench of Justices A.S. Chandurkar and Rajesh Patil has held that a petition under Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (Arbitration Act) cannot be dismissed merely by stating that the scope of interference is limited; the court must address each ground of challenge and provide reasoned findings. Brief Facts: The appellant (hereinafter...

Land Transfer During Amalgamation Doesn't Create Statutory Rights For Retrenched Workers Under Industrial Disputes Act: P&H HC

Punjab and Haryana High Court: A Division Bench of Justices Sudhir Singh and Sukhvinder Kaur dismissed 12 appeals challenging an order that had denied the reinstatement of the workers of a closed corporation. The court held that contractual workers appointed for a short duration following a failed amalgamation scheme, cannot claim reinstatement rights under the Industrial Disputes Act....

To Check If Special Rules Violate State & Subordinate Service Rules, It Needs To Be Seen If Both Can Co-Exist Without Colliding: Kerala HC

The Kerala High Court observed that to see whether special rules of a service are repugnant to the general provisions of the Kerala State & Subordinate Service Rules (KS & SSR), it has to be checked whether both provisions can co-exist in a given situation without going into a collision course.The Division Bench of Justice A. Muhamed Mustaque and Justice P. Krishna Kumar in its...

Farmer Leader Jagjit Dallewal Not Detained, Taken To Hospital To Ensure His Health Is Stabilized As Per SC Order: Punjab Police To High Court

Punjab Police submitted before the Punjab & Haryana High Court on Monday (March 24) that farmers' leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal–who was allegedly illegally detained during the ongoing farmers' protest–has not been detained but was taken to the hospital to ensure his health condition is stabilized as per the Supreme Court's direction."...Dalewal was earlier being nursed in a...

Employer Setting Cut-Off Dates For Pension Schemes Not Violative Of Article 14: J&K High Court

The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has ruled that employers are well within their rights to fix a cut-off date for introducing new pension or retirement schemes, and such decisions do not violate the equality clause under Article 14 of the Constitution.The court thus upheld the government's decision to grant pension benefits only to employees of the Sher-i-Kashmir...

Rajasthan High Court Issues Guidelines On Suspension Of Govt Employees Where Disciplinary Proceedings Are Contemplated, Pending

The Rajasthan High Court issued guidelines to be followed by competent authorities/State's head of departments in cases where delinquent employees were suspended either in contemplation of or pending departmental proceedings under Rule 13 of the Rajasthan Civil Services (Classification, Control, and Appeal) Rules.Justice Arun Monga directed the State to ensure that all the competent...

Loading, Maintenance And Pay Loader Workers Not Short Period Employments, Entitled To Provident Fund Under EPF Act: Andhra Pradesh HC

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has held that employees engaged by security agencies for the purposes of loading and unloading, office or factory maintenance and Pay Loader work are covered by the definition of 'employee' under Section 2(f) of the Employees Provident Funds & Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952 (“EPF Act”) and are entitled to the Provident Fund.A Division Bench of the...

Bombay High Court Weekly Round-Up: March 17 – March 23, 2025

Nominal Index: 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 97 to 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 109Rajesh Shantilal Adani & Anr. vs. State of Maharashtra & Anr. & Connected Matter, 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 97V. Ravi Prakash vs. Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority & Ors., 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 98Mondelez India Foods Pvt. Ltd. v. Deputy Director, Employees' State Insurance Corporation, 2025 LiveLaw (Bom)...

Delhi High Court Withdraws Judicial Work From Justice Yashwant Varma

Judicial work has been withdrawn from Delhi High Court judge, Justice Yashwant Varma with immediate effect in view of the controversy of alleged discovery of unaccounted currencies at the outhouse in his residential premises. A notice to this effect has been published on the official website of the Delhi High Court. “In view of recent events, the judicial work from Hon'ble Mr. Justice...

Rajasthan High Court Appoints Panel To Probe Illegal Activities Of Khap Panchayats, Social Evils Like Honour Killing, Exorcism, Etc

Noting multiple “social evils” particularly in the western part of Rajasthan which is stated to include social boycotts, alleged illegal activities by Khap Panchayats, caste discrimination, honour killings, taboo against love marriages, exorcisms etc., the high court constituted a 5-member commission to conduct a ground study of various villages.Justice Farjand Ali opined that the issue...

High Court Inquires About Status Of Protection Cells For Transgender Persons In Punjab

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has asked the Punjab Government to apprise it on setting up of Transgender Protection Cells under the charge of District Magistrate in each District and at State level.Rule 11 of Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Rules, 2020 states that every State Government shall set up a Transgender Protection Cell under the charge of the District Magistrate in...