Re-Entry Of Tenant After Construction, Is Conditional And Depends On Mutual Agreement Between Parties: Himachal Pradesh High Court

Himachal Pradesh High Court decided a 10-year-long tenancy dispute, holding that re-entry of a tenant into the premises after being evicted by the landlord for construction purposes, is conditional and depends on mutual agreement between the parties.Justice Vivek Singh Thakur held : Section 14(3)(c) of the Act allows a landlord to seek eviction of a tenant from the premises, if he proves...

If An Employee Is Exonerated In Disciplinary Proceedings, Interest Ought To Be Provided On Delayed Payment Of Retirement Benefits: Bombay HC

Bombay High Court: A division bench consisting of Justices Ravindra Ghuge and Ashwin Bhobe allowed a writ petition that was filed by a widow asking for interest on the delayed payment of retirement benefits to her late husband. The court ruled that when an employee is acquitted or exonerated in disciplinary proceedings, the retirement benefits ought to be paid along with interest from...

'2002 Godhra Train Burning Could Have Been Prevented': Gujarat HC Upholds Dismissal Of 9 Railway Constables For Dereliction Of Duty

Upholding the dismissal of nine railway constables who were "entrusted" to travel on Sabarmati Express, the Gujarat High Court observed that if they had departed in the train instead of taking another train, the 2002 Godhra Train Burning incident could have been prevented. In doing so the court observed that the petitioners had made bogus entries in the train register and had shown...

Ethical Conduct Must Be Maintained In Privileged Discussion Of Legislature, Criminal Acts In The House Are Not Immune From Prosecution: Karnataka HC

The Karnataka High Court has held that criminal acts inside the Legislative House are not immune from prosecution and there is no absolute immunity that Legislators can claim.A single judge, Justice M Nagaprasanna held thus while refusing to quash a case for outraging the modesty of a woman, registered against BJP Legislator CT Ravi booked for allegedly using derogatory words against...

'Bar On Further Appeal Can't Be Ignored': Patna HC Rejects LPA Against Appellate Court's Order Under Bihar Hindu Religious Trusts Act

Dismissing a letters patent appeal filed against an appellate court's order under the Bihar Hindu Religious Trusts Act pertaining to removal of the manager of a temple's deity and its property, the Patna High Court said that when the act itself creates a bar on filing further appeal then the same cannot be "ignored" and must be strictly enforced. The court said this after noting that...

Rajasthan High Court Orders State To Regularize Eligible Employees Appointed As Far Back As In 1979, Give Benefits To Irregular Appointees

Observing that in a welfare State prolonged denial of regularization despite continuous service for decades borders on institutional exploitation, the Rajasthan High Court passed a slew of directions to the State government in respect of various employees appointed as far back as 1979 whose initial appointments were irregular or illegal, but who had completed long years of service.Justice...

Pensioners Can't Be Denied Benefits For Not Exercising Joint Option Before Employees Pension (Amendment) Scheme 2014: Punjab & Haryana High Court

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has said that the retired employees who did not exercise the joint option before September 1, 2014, cannot be automatically excluded from Employees Pension (Amendment) Scheme 2014.Pertinent to note that the Apex Court in 2022 in Employees Provident Fund Organization versus B Sunil Kumar said that the employees, who were entitled to join the pension scheme...

Advertisement For Post Can't Be Contrary To Law: P&H HC Directs Reconsideration Of Candidate Denied Disability Reservation For Asst Lineman Post

Observing that an advertisement to the post cannot be contrary to law, the Punjab & Haryana High Court has directed to consider candidates unjustly denied benefit of reservation for the post of Assistant Lineman.Jagmohan Bansal said, "There is no change in the legal position from 2013 to 2024. In the absence of change in legal position, there was no reason to deny benefit of reservation...

Delhi High Court Directs CBI To Conduct Preliminary Enquiry Into Alleged 'Extortion Racket' Inside Tihar Jail

The Delhi High Court on Friday (May 2) directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to conduct a preliminary enquiry over the allegations of extortion racket being run inside the Tihar jail. A division bench comprising Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela also directed Delhi Government's Principal Secretary (Home) to conduct a fact finding enquiry to find out...

GST Dept Expected To Empathetically Consider Assessees' Requests To Adjourn Personal Hearing On Medical Grounds: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has observed that the Goods and Services Tax authorities are expected to empathetically consider an assessee's request for adjournment of personal hearing on medical grounds.A division bench of Justices Prathiba M. Singh and Rajneesh Kumar Gupta said the Department should not proceed to pass adverse orders in such matters.The development comes in a petition filed by...

NDPS Act | Unjust To Grant Bail Only On Minute Difference In Colour Of Drug In Seizure Memo And FSL Report: Punjab & Haryana High Court

The Punjab and Haryana High Court, in an NDPS case involving commercial quantity of heroin, said that bail cannot be granted merely because there is a 'minute difference' between the colour of the contraband seized and the colour of the substance described in the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) report. Counsel for the petitioner was seeking bail primarily on the ground that the colour of...

Uttarakhand HC Raps Police Over Nainital Communal Violence, Warns Civic Officials Of Contempt For Demolition Notice To Rape Accused

Taking a serious note of the issuance of a demolition notice to a 73-year-old accused in a POCSO (Protection of Children from Sexual Offences) case in violation of a Supreme Court's November 2024 order, the Uttarakhand High Court today rapped the municipal corporation officials. The court also reprimanded the district administration and SSP PS Meena for failing to prevent the...