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Vigilance Bureau Staff Entitled To Equal Pay As Other Police Units From 2015: Patna High Court Upholds Retrospective Additional Salary
The Patna High Court has confirmed that Vigilance Bureau staff are entitled to retrospective parity in additional salary benefits, bringing them in line with other Bihar Police units.The matter was decided by the bench of ACJ Sudhir Singh and Justice Rajesh Kumar Verma.The case stemmed from a Single Judge decision holding that the policy dated 30.06.2017—granting one month's additional...
'Shameful Act By One Entrusted With Shaping Futures': Rajasthan High Court Confirms KVS Teacher's Dismissal For Sexual Misconduct With Student
Rajasthan High Court observed that in Indian culture and society, women are respected and honoured for the well-being of the community, and any misconduct towards them invites serious consequences.The observations were made by the division bench of Justice Vinit Kumar Mathur and Justice Ravi Chirania while rejecting the petition filed against the termination of a primary teacher at...
High Court Flags Run-Down State Of Heritage Kerala Varma College, Asks Devaswom Board To Engage Expert To Preserve Architecture
The Kerala High Court recently flagged the present run-down condition of the Sree Kerala Varma College in Thrissur, which was the erstwhile Merry Lodge palace donated by the Maharaja of Cochin, Sri Kerala Varma XV (Aikya Keralam Thampuran).The Division Bench comprising Justice Raja Vijayaraghavan V. and Justice K.V. Jayakumar, after noting the need of expertise to preserve the...
Even 60-Yr-Old Compensation Claim Maintainable When State Admits It Acquired Private Land Without Following Procedure: Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court has said that delay, even extending across 'half a century', does not semi articulate the landowners claim to just compensation, when it is admitted by the State that it has without legal formalities taken over the private land.Justice M Nagaprasanna held thus while allowing a petition filed by a father-daughter duo Ramesh and Sushmitha, questioning an order passed by...
'Stranger' To Case Can't Seek Bail Cancellation; Expanded 'Victim' Rights Not For Vengeance: Allahabad High Court Imposes ₹25K Cost
Coming down heavily on the 'abuse' of the legal process to settle personal scores, the Allahabad High Court recently observed that only a 'victim' within the meaning of CrPC and BNSS can seek cancellation of bail granted to an accused. Thus, dismissing a bail cancellation plea moved by a person unconnected to the original crime, a Bench of Justice Krishan Pahal imposed a cost of...
Test Identification Parade Only A Rule Of Prudence; Dock Identification Is Substantive Evidence: J&K&L High Court
Elaborating on the contours of Test Identification Parade (TIP) and distinguishing it from the evidentiary value attached to Dock Identification, the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh has held that while a Test Identification Parade (TIP) is a valuable aid in the investigative process, the real and substantive evidence of identity is the dock identification made by a witness in...
HC Cannot Issue Writ To Compel Arbitrator To Decide Dispute After Expiration Of His Mandate: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has recently clarified that it cannot issue a writ of mandamus to compel an arbitrator to decide compensation disputes relating to land acquisition for making national highways, once his mandate has expired under the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996. A Division Bench of Justice Mahesh Chandra Tripathi and Justice Kunal Ravi Singh observed...
'Not An Empty Formality': Rajasthan High Court Flags Casual Cognizance Orders By Magistrates, Seeks Chief Justice's Intervention
Rajasthan High Court took a serious note of several cognizance orders being passed by Magistrates in “very casual and cursory manner, without due application of judicial mind”, without perusing the records, or ensuring that there existed any prima facie case.In doing so the court referred the matter to the Chief Justice on the administrative side, to consider sending the order to...
Karnataka High Court Restores Classic Legends' Rights To The 'Yezdi' Marks For Motorcycles
The Karnataka High Court has recently allowed a series of appeals filed by Classic Legends Pvt. Ltd. and its founder, restoring their right to use the 'Yezdi' name and logos for motorcycles. The judgment overturns a 2022 decision that had declared the marks to be the property of Ideal Jawa, the defunct manufacturer of the original Yezdi bikes.A Division Bench of Justice D K Singh and...
RTI Not A Tool To Obtain Others' Exam Answer Sheets: Karnataka High Court Rejects Activist's Plea For KPSC Answer Script Disclosure
The Karnataka High Court recently said that merely being a Right to Information activist would not give a person the right to seek answer scripts of a person who had appeared for the exam conducted by the Karnataka Public Service Commission (KPSC).A single judge, Justice Suraj Govindaraj said thus while dismissing the petition filed by one Intak Raju N, who claimed to be a RTI activist...
Designated Committee Must Adjust Pre-Deposits & Investigation Recoveries While Issuing Final Statement Under SVLDRS-3 Scheme: Bombay HC
The Bombay High Court has held that the Designated Committee under the Sabka Vishwas (Legacy Dispute Resolution) Scheme, 2019 (SVLDRS) is mandatorily required to verify and consider pre-deposits and amounts recovered during investigation under Form SVLDRS-3 (final statement issued by the Designated Committee showing the exact amount payable by the taxpayer under the Scheme) A...
State Can't Impose Lease Rent Post-Auction; Bidder Signing Undertaking Doesn't Mean Unqualified Consent To New Conditions: Rajasthan High Court
Rajasthan High Court held that the State could not unilaterally impose an annual lease rent condition after completion of an auction and plot allotment when no such condition was contemplated in the original auction notification.The division bench of Dr. Justice Pushpendra Singh Bhati and Justice Sandeep Taneja further rejected the State's argument of the allotees being bound by...