Chhattisgarh High Court Reiterates That Dismissal Could Be Considered Excessive If Absence Was Due To Personal Hardship And Employee Had Long Record Of Service; Orders Reinstatement Of Police Constable

Chhattisgarh High Court: Justice Sachin Singh Rajput set aside the dismissal of Kudiam Bhima, a constable in the Chhattisgarh police force, and ordered his reinstatement with continuity of service. The court found that the disciplinary inquiry failed to establish that Bhima's unauthorized absence was willful or deliberate, his submissions were improperly disregarded by the inquiry...

"Violates Right To Education": Parents Of School Children Approach Bombay High Court Against 'Poll Duties' For Teachers Amid Exams

Parents of a school in the city have moved the Bombay High Court challenging various circulars of the Election Commission of India (ECI) and also the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) deploying over 2000 employees of the Education Department, mostly teachers as Booth Level Officers (BLOs) and Polling Station Officers (PSOs) for the upcoming State Assembly Elections.A division bench...

'Reasons For Delay In Deciding A Case' Is Not 'Information' Under RTI Act: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court on Thursday held that 'reasons for delay in taking a decision or deciding a case' cannot qualify 'information' as defined under the Right To Information (RTI) Act and thus, one cannot ask 'reasons' in an RTI application.A division bench of Justices Mahesh Sonak and Jitendra Jain quashed an order of the Central Information Commission (CIC) which had imposed costs of Rs...

Bombay High Court Dismisses Plea Challenging Election Of Shiv Sena (UBT) Leader Anil Desai To 18th Lok Sabha

The Bombay High Court recently dismissed a petition challenging the election of Shiv Sena (Uddhav Thackeray) faction's Anil Desai to the 18th Lok Sabha from Mumbai South-Central constituency, observing that the petition failed to establish the 'material impact' on the elections that concluded in June this year.Single-Judge Justice Sharmila Deshmukh noted that the only ground on which...

Kerala High Court Upholds Denial Of Temporary Status And Regularisation For Contingent Employees

Recently, a Division Bench of Kerala High Court, comprising of Justice Anil K. Narendran and Justice P.G. Ajithkumar, considered a petition against the order passed by the Central Administrative Tribunal. The judgement pertained to status and regularisation of employment. Background Facts The petitioner, Kumar S, filed the Original Application (“O.A”) before the...

Punjab & Haryana High Court Imposes ₹10K Cost On District Judge For Using 'Pick & Choose Policy' To Deny Benefit To Clerk

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has imposed a cost of Rs.10,000 on a District and Sessions judge for adopting a "pick and choose policy" in denying the benefit of 2nd Assured Career Progression (ACP) to a clerk posted in his Court.Justice Mahabir Sigh Sindhu said, "There is an old saying 'You show me the man and I will show you the rule' which means that rule(s) change(s) depending on...

Poisoning Does Not Qualify For Extraordinary Pension; Allahabad High Court Rejects Appeal In Sub-Inspector's Death By Poisoning Case

Allahabad High Court: A Division Bench of Chief Justice Arun Bhansali and Justice Jaspreet Singh dismissed the appeal of Smt. Poonam Tyagi, holding that her husband's death from poisoning did not qualify for extraordinary pension under the Uttar Pradesh Police (Extraordinary Pension) Rules, 1961. The court ruled that the cause of death was unrelated to the performance of any hazardous or...

Can't Let Such Offences Flourish In Society: Allahabad HC Denies Bail To Man Accused Of Damaging Lord Shiva Idols

The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday denied bail to a man accused of destroying the idols of Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati and attempting to kill the priest of a Temple in the Bareilly district of the state. A bench of Justice Ashutosh Srivastava observed that such offences cannot be permitted to flourish in society by “adopting a soft-pedalling approach at the cost...

Why Punjab & Haryana High Court Rejected Over 800 Writ Petitions Challenging Punjab Panchayat Elections?

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has dismissed over 800 writ petitions challenging the process of Punjab Panchayat Elections on the ground of alleged arbitrary rejection of nomination papers filed by the candidates.The division bench referring to Supreme Court's decision in N.P. Ponnuswami v. Returning Officer, Namakkal Constituency (1952) said that there is complete bar on invocation of...

"Alleged PFI Membership Insufficient To Attract Culpability": Kerala High Court Grants Bail To Accused In RSS Worker Sanjith's Murder

The Kerala High Court has granted bail to Muhammed Haroon, the sixth accused in the murder of RSS worker Sanjith.RSS worker Sanjith was murdered on November 15, 2011 allegedly by five persons due to political animosity. During the investigation, Haroon was implicated as the sixth accused for hatching conspiracy with other accused for the murder. The crime was registered alleging the commission...

'OKEY' Is Informal Usage, Slangs Cannot Be Regarded As “Meaningful English Usage”: Delhi High Court

A Division Bench of the Delhi High Court comprising Justices C. Hari Shankar and Sudhir Kumar Jain was considering an academic issue concerning Combined Graduate Level Examination Tier-II, 2023 conducted by the SSC for recruitment to various civil posts.The question in the examination was to choose as to how many 'meaningful words' could be formed from the O, K, E and Y. The respondents...

Resignation Rejected Due To Incomplete Formalities; Chhattisgarh HC Dismisses Employer's Appeal To Enforce It; Holds Incomplete Resignation Cannot Be Acted Upon

Chhattisgarh High Court: Chief Justice Ramesh Sinha and Justice Bibhu Datta Guru dismissed the corporation's appeal and upheld the Single Judge's decision that the acceptance of Shailendra Kumar Khamparia's resignation was invalid due to non-compliance with required conditions. The court ruled that Khamparia's resignation could not take effect without fulfilling the...