Rajasthan High Court Reviews Jodhpur Cleanliness Drive, Civic Chief Assures Disciplinary Action Against Erring Officials

The Rajasthan government last week placed before the High Court a comprehensive report detailing the measures undertaken by it to improve sanitization across Jodhpur, including establishment of dedicated monitoring cell under the command of monitoring officers to observe deployment of entire workforce and actual work on the ground level.This came during a Public Interest Litigation hearing...

Can Arrest Warrants Be Converted To Bailable Warrants In Serious Economic Offence Cases? Rajasthan High Court Refers To Larger Bench

The Rajasthan High Court has referred to a larger bench the question of whether arrest warrants can be converted to bailable warrants in serious economic offences under the provisions of the PMLA (Prevention of Money Laundering Act), Customs, CGST (Central Goods and Services Tax), as well as heinous offences punishable under Indian Penal Code/Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita. Justice Anoop...

Rajasthan High Court Seeks State's Response On PIL Alleging Corruption, Software Manipulation In 3018-Plots Lottery Scheme

The Rajasthan High Court has issued notice to the State on a PIL filed against the Urban Improvement Trust, Bhilwara, alleging serious irregularities and corruption in lottery based allotment of residential plots.The PIL alleges that the public allotment process of 3018 plots, that invited application money of around Rs. 17.6 Crores, was vitiated by serious irregularities, arbitrariness...

Rajasthan High Court Raps Police Over 40-Year Lapse In Nabbing Accused, Orders Creation Of Special Cell To Trace Absconders

The Rajasthan High Court has issued direction to the Principal Secretary, Department of Home, Rajasthan and the Director General of Police to create a special cell for tracing out the absconding accused and proclaimed offenders to face trail, ensuring that the victims of the crime get timely justice.The bench of Justice Anoop Kumar Dhand held that the police authorities were duty bound to...

'Law Is Dynamic, Must Adapt To Societal Realities': Rajasthan High Court Quashes Rape Case After Victim's Marriage With Accused

The Rajasthan High Court has observed that law of any civilized society is not definite, and it must change according to the demands and circumstances of the society.“Law and transformation is a unique concept which highlights the changes in social problems and their solutions through legal…Law not only lays down the norms that are acceptable to a given society, but it also lays down...

Employee Must Be Reinstated After Acquittal If Termination Was Solely Based On Pending Criminal Case: Rajasthan High Court

The Rajasthan High Court held that if the very foundation of termination of an employee was pendency of a criminal case against him/her, and the criminal case resulted in acquittal of the employee by the competent criminal court, the basis of such terminated ceased to exist, and the employer shall reinstate the employee.The division bench of Dr. Justice Pushpendra Singh Bhati and Justice...

State Can't Withhold Career Progression Benefits For Its Own Lapse In Maintaining Performance Records: Rajasthan High Court

The Rajasthan High Court has upheld the order of the Central Administrative Tribunal (“CAT”) that ruled in favour of a State employee who was denied the benefit under Modified Assured Career Progression (“MACP”) on account of non-availability of his Annual Confidential Reports (“ACRs”)/ Annual Performance Appraisal Records (APARs).The division bench of Justice Vinit Kumar Mathur...

Jail Superintendent Cannot Initiate Disciplinary Proceedings Against Medical Officer On Deputation From Health Department: Rajasthan HC

The Rajasthan High Court has held that the Superintendent, Central Jail, being a separate administrative department, had no authority or competence to initiate disciplinary proceedings against a Medical Officer deputed from the Medical and Health Department.The bench of Justice Farjand Ali made these observations while quashing the transfer orders of the petitioner that also included a...

Rajasthan High Court Raps State's Insensitive Approach In Denying Ex-Gratia To Constable's Widow, Orders Release Of ₹20 Lakh

The Rajasthan High Court quashed the State's order rejecting ex-gratia amount to an employee's illiterate widow, who was unaware of the welfare scheme and thus got delayed in applying for the same, opining that such rejection on technical grounds, despite admitted administrative delay, was a hyper-technical and insensitive approach.The bench of Justice Farjand Ali further observed that in...

Dharmshala On Private Land Doesn't Make Property Charitable: Rajasthan High Court

The Rajasthan High Court has held that mere construction of a Dharamshala on a private land could not lead to a presumption that the property was allotted for charitable purposes, or had to be perpetually used for such objectives.The bench of Justice Rekha Borana made the above observations while allowing a petition filed by the legal heirs of a Trust that challenged the order of...

Adult, Married Children Have No Right To Stay In Father's Self-Acquired Property Without His Consent: Rajasthan High Court

The Rajasthan High Court imposed exemplary cost of Rs. 1 lakh on a son, litigating against his father for legal rights of a coparcener in a property— which he very well knew was not part of the Hindu United Family or co-parcenery, but was purchased by the father in his own name.The bench of Justice Sudesh Bansal opined that a child resides on his father's property during his childhood by...

2021 Sub-Inspector Recruitment In Limbo: Rajasthan High Court Asks State To Consider Their Candidature For 2025 Vacancies, Relax Age Limit

The Rajasthan High Court has asked the State to consider granting age relaxation of 4 years, instead of 3 years, as notified in the advertisement, to candidates who appeared in the 2021 Sub-Inspector Recruitments process, and had re-applied for the 2025 process.The bench of Justice Ashok Kumar Jain opined that the matter related to legitimate expectation of the youth and such candidates shall...