Disciplinary Orders Must Show 'Real Consideration' Of Employee's Defence, Not Mechanically Recite “Considered”: Rajasthan High Court

The Rajasthan High Court has held that merely reciting in the disciplinary order and the appellate order that the records have been “considered” could not be treated as a valid and objective consideration in the legal sense, and was an empty formality. The bench of Justice Anand Sharma further held that since penalty order and appellate order caused serious prejudice to the...

Inadvertent OMR Error Can't Cause Irreparable Prejudice: Rajasthan High Court Restores JET-2025 B.Tech Admission

The Rajasthan High Court has granted relief to the petitioner whose provisional admission to the B.Tech course was cancelled owing to his error in filling his attempted subjects in the OMR for Joint Entrance Test (JET) 2025, opining it to be an inadvertent mistake and a venial lapse on this part. The bench of Justice Nupur Bhati observed that the petitioner ought to have been more vigilant...

'Nata Vivah' Recognised As Marriage: Rajasthan High Court Directs Family Pension To Deceased Govt Employee's Wife

Considering that Nata Vivah is also considered as a form of marriage in rural areas of Rajasthan, the Rajasthan High Court has directed grant of family pension to a woman, who performed the customary marriage with the deceased government employee.For context, Nata Vivah is a practice prevalent in some of the rural areas of Rajasthan where after death or separation from existing husband,...

Rajasthan High Court Annual Digest 2025: Part II [Citations 201 - 430]

Citations: 2025 LiveLaw (Raj) 201 To 2025 LiveLaw (Raj) 430 Orders/Judgments of the Year (June 2025 – December 2025)Rajasthan High Court Directs State To Plant Ten Times The Number Of Trees Affected By Road Widening & Beautification Work Title: Gyanchand Soni v State of Rajasthan & Ors., and other connected petitions Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Raj) 201 While...

Litigant Can't Suffer For Counsel Noting Wrong Date: Rajasthan High Court Restores Suit Subject To Costs, Planting 25 Trees

The Rajasthan High Court has held that a litigant cannot be made to suffer for an inadvertent mistake on part of his/her counsel in noting the next date of hearing of case, and thus quashed the trial court order that rejected petitioner's restoration application on technical grounds of delay in an eviction suit that was dismissed in default.While directing restoration of the matter, the bench...

“Symbols Of Rajput Pride Reduced To Picnic Spots”: Rajasthan High Court Flags Littering, Encroachments At Haldighati & Rakht Talai

“These sites, once symbols of Rajput pride and national heritage, are now marred by modern encroachments, environmental pollution, littering, and administrative indifference, resulting in irreversible damage to their cultural, historical, and ecological integrity,” court said.

25% RTE Quota Applies To Pre-Primary Classes, Limiting It To Class I Disadvantageous To Children From Weaker Sections: Rajasthan High Court

Rajasthan High Court held that that the obligation to reserve 25% seats under the Right to Education Act, 2009 (“the Act”) was applicable not only to the Class I but also to all pre-primary levels wherever such education was offered.The division bench of Acting Chief Justice Sanjeev Prakash Sharma and Justice Baljinder Singh Sandhu opined that by restricting the applicability to Class I,...

CLAT Coaching Institutes Feud Over Claiming Mentorship Of Top-Ranker; Rajasthan High Court Stays FIR, Refers Case To Mediation

The Rajasthan High Court has stayed further investigation into a criminal case arising from a dispute between two CLAT coaching institutions over claims of mentoring a top-ranking student. The matter involves a minor girl who secured a high All India Rank (AIR) in the Common Law Admission Test.The First Information Report (FIR) alleged that the student's father attempted to leverage a...

Auction Cancellation Must Be Based On Objective Criteria, Not Post-Facto Subjective Satisfaction: Rajasthan High Court

The Rajasthan High Court held that whether an auction bid was fair or competitive was not a post-facto subjective notion, rather an assessment founded on objective criteria, demonstrable from the auction proceedings themselves and recorded contemporaneously with clarity and specificity.While setting aside unilateral and unreasoned cancellation of auction post acceptance of deposit by the...

Accepted Auction Bid Creates Legitimate Expectation; State Can't Cancel Without Reasons: Rajasthan High Court

The Rajasthan High Court has held that once a bid is accepted at the auction venue, followed by immediate deposit of stipulated amount, the relationship between the State and the bidder progresses beyond mere offer, and a legitimate expectation coupled with the obligation of fairness arises in favour of the bidder. The bench of Justice Farjand Ali thus set aside unilateral cancellation of...

Employee's Reinstatement On Court Order Doesn't Bar Disciplinary Enquiry For Past Misconduct: Rajasthan High Court

The Rajasthan High Court has held that reinstatement of a government employee after consideration of his/her representation based on a court order was not equivalent to condonation of the misconduct, and it did not take away the State's right to initiate disciplinary proceedings against the employee for the same period. The bench of Justice Anand Sharma clarified that unless a specific order...

Termination Violating S.25F Industrial Disputes Act Doesn't Automatically Lead To Reinstatement: Rajasthan High Court

The Rajasthan High Court has partly upheld the order of a Labour Court which directed monetary compensation to the petitioner, instead of reinstatement, despite ruling his termination to be in violation of Section 25F of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 (“the Act”). The bench of Justice Anand Sharma observed that even though a violation of Section 25F rendered the retrenchment illegal,...