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Kerala High Court Stays Appointment Of KMML Law Officer After Plea Alleges Favouritism In Recruitment Process
The Kerala High Court in an interim order on Tuesday (December 30) stayed the appointment of the law officer of Kerala Minerals and Metals Limited (KMML) while considering a plea alleging favouritism by the company in its recruitment process.The plea was preferred by an aspirant to the post and originally, prayers in the plea were for directions to correct the illegality in the conduct of...
UP Zamindari Abolition & Land Reforms Act Can't Be Applied To Determine Market Value Under Stamp Act: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has held that the U.P. Zamindari Abolition and Land Reforms Act, 1950 cannot form the basis of determination of market value under the Indian Stamp Act, 1899. Justice Syed Qamar Hasan Rizvi held,“There is no doubt that the provisions of U.P. Zamindari Abolition and Land Reforms Act, 1950 encompasses different object and cannot be applied for the purpose of...
Negligence Not Bona Fide: Himachal Pradesh High Court Rejects Plea To Extend Time For Depositing Deficient Court Fee
The Himachal Pradesh High Court dismissed a petition filed by Satish Kumar, refusing to interfere with the Trial Court's order which denied extension of time for depositing deficient court fee in a decree for specific performance. The Court held that the petitioner failed to establish bona fide reasons or absence of negligence and therefore did not deserve discretionary relief under Article...
Sweeping Allegations On 'Bad Reputation' Without Service Record Cannot Sustain Premature Retirement Order: J&K&L High Court
The Jammu & Kashmir High Court held that a government servant cannot be prematurely retired merely on the basis of vague and unsubstantiated allegations regarding his “bad reputation,” especially when such observations are not supported by any cogent material from the service record. The Division Bench of Sanjeev Kumar, Justice Sanjay Parihar upheld the writ court's decision quashing...
Inclusion In Waiting List Doesn't Create Indefeasible Right To Appointment: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has recently reiterated that a wait list candidate has no absolute right for being considered for appointment and wait list cannot be for an indefinite period. Justice Saurabh Shyam Shamshery held,“It is well settled that a person in waiting list has no absolute right for consideration to get appointed as well as that a waiting list cannot remain in existence...
Husband's Foreign Income Can't Be Mechanically Converted Into Indian Currency For Maintenance To Wife: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has recently observed that a husband's foreign income cannot be mechanically converted into Indian currency for granting maintenance to wife.“Mere earning in foreign currency does not, by itself, entitle the wife to claim maintenance by mechanically converting the husband's foreign income into Indian currency and applying the formulae evolved by Indian courts without...
Criminal Breach Of Trust And Cheating Cannot Co-Exist On Same Facts: Orissa High Court
The Orissa High Court has reiterated that the offences of 'criminal breach of trust' and 'cheating' cannot co-exist in a given case based on same set of facts, since in the offence of cheating, criminal intention is necessary at the time of making false and misleading representation but in the offence of criminal breach of trust, there may not be any prior criminal intention, which begins...
Centre Notifies Appointment Of Justice MS Sonak As Chief Justice Of Jharkhand High Court
The Central Government of Friday (January 2) notified the appointment of Bombay High Court judge Justice MS Sonak as the Chief Justice of Jharkhand High Court consequent to the retirement of incumbent Chief Justice Tarlok Singh Chauhan. Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal took to X (formerly twitter) to notify the appointment. The incumbent High Court Chief Justice Tarlok Singh Chauhan is set...
Centre Notifies Appointment Of 2 Additional Judges At Punjab & Haryana High Court
The Central Government on Friday (January 2) notified the appointment of two judicial officers as Additional Judges of Punjab and Haryana High Court. Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal took to X (formerly Twitter) to notify the appointments. The appointees are Judge Ramesh Chander Dimri and Judge Neerja Kulwant Kalson....
Himachal Pradesh High Court Annual Digest 2025
Award Passed On Consent Cannot Be Held To Be Patently Illegal Or Contrary To Public Policy: Himachal Pradesh HC Case Title: The Executive Engineer, I & PH Division, Bilaspur Versus Ramesh Khaneja Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (HP) 1 The Himachal Pradesh High Court bench of Justices Tarlok Singh Chauhan and Satyen Vaidya held that the award being primarily based on consent cannot...
Madras High Court Asks DGCA If It'll Extend Exemption From Fatigue Management Norm Granted To Indigo
The Madras High Court has asked the Director General of Civil Aviation if it would extend the exemption granted to Interglobe Aviation Limited, operators of Indigo Airlines for complying with the fatigue norms.Justice V Lakshminarayan asked the DGCA to file a counter in a plea filed by a Chennai resident challenging the exemption arguing that it is illegal, void, and without keeping in mind...
'Win-Win Situation For All': Orissa High Court Quashes FIR Alleging Cheating After Parties Resolve Dispute Through Mediation
The Orissa High Court has recently quashed a First Information Report (FIR) alleging commission of offences of cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property, uttering obscene words to the annoyance of others in public and criminal intimidation, after the informant and the accused persons settled the dispute among themselves amicably through mediation.Agreeing to draw curtains on...