Failure To Follow Retrenchment Procedure, Employee Crossing Retirement Age, Bombay HC Directs Lumpsum Compensation

Bombay High Court: A Single Judge Bench of Justice Sandeep V. Marne partially allowed a writ petition challenging a Labour Court order. The court held that an employee who had already crossed retirement age could not be reinstated, but was entitled to lumpsum compensation for the period between illegal termination and retirement. The court observed that while the employer had...

Kerala High Court Extends Restrictions On Construction Activities In Munnar To Parunthumpara, Manjumala Villages Of Idukki District

The Kerala High Court has barred construction activities in Manjummala and Parunthampara villages of State's Idukki district, without first obtaining a No Objection Certificate from the Revenue Department and building permit from the concerned Local Self Government Institution. The direction will not be applicable to cases in which orders have already been passed by the High Court or...

Setting Aside Of Arbitral Award Leaves It Open To Parties To Choose To Arbitrate Again: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court Bench of Justice Somsekhar Sundaresan has observed that once an arbitral award has been set aside by the court in the exercise of its powers under Sections 34 and 37 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, the parties would be restored to the original position and a fresh arbitration in such circumstances would not amount to the proverbial “second bite at...

Bombay HC Sets Aside ESIC Order For Denying Hearing And Relying On Undisclosed Reports

Bombay High Court: A single judge bench of Justice Sharmila U. Deshmukh set aside the Employees' State Insurance Corporation's (ESIC) rejection of Mondelez India Foods Pvt. Ltd.'s appeal. The court found that ESIC violated principles of natural justice by dismissing the appeal without granting a hearing, despite disputed facts about when the company received the original order. The...

Gujarat HC Rejects Son's Plea Claiming No Liability To Pay Deceased Father's Bank Loan As 'Debt Is Not Heritable Under Muslim Law'

The Gujarat High Court recently rejected a man's plea against dismissal of his application for rejection of suit filed by a bank to recover a loan taken by the man's deceased father, claiming he was not liable to pay his father's bank loan as debt is not heritable property under Muslim Law. The court however said that the contentions made by the son would require a "detailed inquiry during...

Upper Age Limit For Women To Avail ART Services Rational, Difficult For Mother To Support Child During Her Elderly Years: Madras High Court

Justifying the upper age limit prescribed for women under the provisions of the Assisted Reproductive Technology (Regulation) Act 2021, the Madras High Court recently observed that a woman who uses ART services for begetting a child is duty-bound to take care of the child till he/she attains majority. The court thus held that the woman must be biologically and financially capable...

Possession Of Migrant Property Cannot Be Handed Over To Anyone Without Written Consent Of Migrant Owner: J&K High Court

The Jammu and Kashmir High Court upheld the eviction order passed by the Financial Commissioner in evicting the illegal occupant of a migrant property. The court held that the occupant-petitioner herein could not have taken over the possession of the land in question except with the express consent of the migrant in writing, to be handed over by the District Magistrate alone.The court said...

SC/ST Act | "Repeat Appeal" For Bail After Plea Was Dismissed On Merits Not Maintainable Before HC, Accused Can Move Special Court: MP High Court

While answering a reference with respect to the scope of Section 14A(2) of The Scheduled Castes And The Scheduled Tribes (Prevention Of Atrocities) Act, the Madhya Pradesh High Court held that a second criminal appeal against the Special Court or the Exclusive Special Court's original order rejecting bail is not maintainable.The court further clarified that a "repeat appeal" for bail after...

Allahabad HC Rejects PIL Seeking Ban On Printing, Circulation Of Textbook Claiming 'Goddess Gayatri' Is 'Fictitious'

The Allahabad High Court has dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) plea seeking a total and complete ban on the printing, publication, distribution and circulation of the textbook 'Tathakathit Gayatri Devi Mantra Ki Vastavikta'. The PIL plea claims that the textbook written by Sant Gyaneshwar Swami Sadanand Ji Parmhans argues that Goddess Gayatri, the personified form...

Karnataka HC Asks Centre To Restrain Media From Making Defamatory Statements Against Actress Ranya Rao Arrested In Gold Smuggling Case

The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday directed the Central government to pass appropriate orders restraining the media from making or telecasting any false, defamatory statement against actress Harshavardini Ranya Rao and her father K Ramchandra Rao.Rao has been arrested in connection with a gold smuggling case and is presently in judicial custody. Gold bars worth ₹12.56 crore were...

"Taken Birth From Womb Of Social Justice": Karnataka HC Upholds Validity Of Micro Loan & Small Loan (Prevention Of Coercive Actions) Ordinance

The Karnataka High Court on Monday dismissed a petition filed seeking to declare the Karnataka Micro Loan and Small Loan (Prevention of Coercive Actions) Ordinance, 2025 as unconstitutional, arbitrary and beyond the legislative competence of the state government.Justice M Nagaprasanna upheld the ordinance saying “The Ordinance, conceived in response to the anguished cries of the vulnerable...

Circular To Recommend Candidate 45 Days Before Expiry Of Waiting List Not Meant To Curtail 6-Month Validity Period Of Wait List: Rajasthan HC

The Rajasthan High Court has ruled that the 45-day time period under Clause 11 of the Department of Personnel Circular dated April 5, 2021 (“Clause 11”), was not meant to curtail the validity of the waiting list to less than 6 months even when the recommendations from the waiting list were not made within the stipulated timeline.Clause 11 of the DoP Circular dated April 5, 2021, laid down...