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Staff Crunch In Govt Schools: MP High Court Asks State To Place Teachers Vacancy Data On Record
The Madhya Pradesh High Court, on Tuesday (January 20), directed the State Government to file an affidavit showing the number of teaching posts lying vacant in government schools, in a public interest litigation claiming that about 600 government schools were inadequately staffed or had no teaching staff. The division bench of Chief Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva and Justice Vinay Saraf...
Allahabad High Court Quashes Summons Against Directors Of Larsen & Toubro In Air Pollution Case
The Allahabad High Court recently quashed the summons against M/s Larsen & Toubro and its directors in case registered for violation of the Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981, on grounds that the Magistrate failed to apply his mind on the documents placed before it.Applicants include Whole-time Director & Sr. Executive Vice Presidents for different branches of...
Aspirant Solely Responsible To Check Recruitment Exam Updates: MP High Court Refuses To Relax Mandatory Timelines On Medical Grounds
The Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that candidates participating in a recruitment process are solely responsible for regularly monitoring the official exam website for updates and instructions.The bench of Justice Jai Kumar Pillai thus dismissed the plea of a candidate, aspiring for the post of Assistant Professor, whose candidature was cancelled due to her failure to submit the...
Tender | Common Site Photograph By Bidders Not Proof Of Cartelisation; Integrity Commitment Must Be Breached: Gauhati High Court
The Gauhati High Court while refusing to interfere with the award of a Public Works Department contract for construction of a Circuit House at Udalguri, held that an allegation of cartelisation raised by an unsuccessful bidder based solely on a common photograph enclosed with site-visit certificates of two competing bidders cannot be accepted in the absence of any concrete material showing...
Families Of Disabled Combat Personnel Deserve Liberal Approach In Compassionate Appointment Claims: Orissa High Court
“People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to suffer violence on their behalf,” the Orissa High Court quoted George Orwell as it upheld the direction of a Single Bench, which ordered compassionate appointment as Head Constable in favour of the wife of a former Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) jawan who sustained grave injuries and disability in a...
Promotees Occupying Direct Recruit Slots Temporarily Can't Claim Seniority Over Them: Andhra Pradesh High Court
The Andhra Pradesh High Court has dismissed a writ petition challenging the revision of a 2007 seniority list of Prohibition & Excise staff, holding that promoted officers cannot claim seniority over direct recruits who subsequently joined service simply because they temporarily occupied the slots meant for the latter.A Bench of Justice Cheekati Manavendranath Roy and Justice Tuhin...
“Being Over Sensitive”: Delhi High Court Tells TV Today, Says Newslaundry's Criticism Not Necessarily Disparagement
The Delhi High Court on Thursday told TV Today, which owns news channels India Today and Aaj Tak, that it was being “over sensitive” of the videos made by digital platform Newslaundry by alleging that every comment made is disparagement or defamatory. A division bench comprising Justice C Hari Shankar and Justice Om Prakash Shukla said that while one of the videos impugned by TV Today...
Advocate Not A Mouthpiece Of Client, Should Refrain From Accepting Frivolous Briefs: Allahabad High Court
While refraining from imposing cost on a young advocate, the Allahabad High Court cautioned that advocates are not mere mouthpieces of their clients and they must refrain from accepting frivolous briefs which waste the judicial time.Taking a lenient view as the counsel got enrolled only in 2024, Justice Subhash Vidyarthi observed,“..the learned Counsel should understand that although...
Jharkhand High Court Links Child Trafficking To 'Outsiders' In Garb Of Business; Orders Guidelines For Identification & Police Permission
The Jharkhand High Court has directed the Home Department to formulate guidelines to deal with persons entering Jharkhand from outside, particularly to ensure their proper identification and to require that permission be sought from the concerned police station.A Bench of Justice Sujit Narayan Prasad and Justice Arun Kumar Rai passed this direction while hearing a Habeas Corpus petition filed...
'Individual Liberty Can't Override Interest Of Defrauded Investors': Calcutta High Court Denies Bail To Duo In ₹2,862 Crore ED Case
The Calcutta High Court has rejected the bail applications of Prayag Group's directors, observing that they failed to discharge the twin condition test under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 and their status as proclaimed offenders. While hearing the bail applications, the division bench of Justice Rajarshi Bharadwaj and Justice Uday Kumar also emphasized, "the liberty of...
Attack On Court-Appointed Administrator Is Attack On Judiciary: Madras High Court Issues Contempt Notice To Top Cops Over 'Inaction'
The Madras High Court has called for an explanation from the Director General of Police, Commissioner of Police, and Assistant Commissioner of Police as to why no action had been taken against persons who misbehaved with a court appointed administrator at the Pachaiyappa Trust. Justice G Jayachandran and Justice K Kumaresh Babu lamented that even after the matter was brought to...
Adults Can't Use Rape Law As Tool To Criminalise Breakups In Consensual Relationships: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has recently ruled that adults cannot use rape law as a tool to criminalize breakups when the relationship was consensual between two individuals. Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma said that failed relationships cannot be given a criminal colour, also warning against the misuse of rape charges invoked in broken romantic relationships. “An educated and independent adult,...