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...

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...

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...

Kerala High Court Allows State Bar Council To Continue Disciplinary Proceedings Against KHCAA President Yeshwanth Shenoy

Kerala High Court has allowed the disciplinary committee of the State Bar Council to continue with the proceedings initiated against President of the High Court Advocates' Association and lawyer Yeshwanth Shenoy, accused of misbehaving in Court.Suo motu contempt proceedings were initiated against the lawyer after former High Court Justice Mary Joseph filed a complaint alleging that he shouted...

2024 Rajkot Fire Case | Gujarat High Court Asks State Government To Inform On Structure Of Fire Services

The Gujarat High Court on Friday (May 2) asked the State government to inform about the structure of fire services in the State. A division bench of Chief Justice Sunita Agarwal and Justice Pranav Trivedi were hearing a batch of pleas including the suo motu petition initiated by the high court last year after twenty-seven individuals, including four children, perished in the massive fire...

Gauhati High Court Bar Association Asks Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma To Reconsider Resignation From Bar Body

The Gauhati High Court Bar Association (GHCBA) on Thursday (May 1) wrote to the Assam Chief Minister (CM) Himanta Biswa Sarma requesting him to reconsider and withdraw his resignation from membership of GHCBA in the larger interest of the institution and the legal fraternity.The bar body's response comes after the Chief Minister wrote to the President GHCBA on Wednesday resigning from...

Jharkhand HC Quashes ITAT Relief To Assessee For Relying On Overruled Precedent In TDS Default Case, Remands Matter For Fresh Adjudication

The Jharkhand High Court has quashed an order of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), Circuit Bench, Ranchi, after finding that it was solely based on a precedent that had been overruled by the Supreme Court. The Tribunal had earlier deleted the entire addition made by the Assessing Officer under Section 40(a)(ia) of the Income Tax Act, 1961, on the ground that the payments in question...

Kerala High Court Refuses To Interfere With Income Tax Dept's Seizure Of Rs 1 Crore From CPI(M) During 2024 General Elections

The Kerala High Court on Friday (2ndMay) held that it need not interfere with the action of the Income Tax Department seizing Rs. 1 Crore Rupees from the bank account of CPI(M) Thrissur District Committee in the Bank of India branch in ThrissurThe Income-Tax Department had in the days leading up to the 2024 Lok Sabha election, froze the bank account on the ground that there was a mismatch in...