Rajasthan High Court
'Citizens Can't Be Treated As Cattle': Rajasthan HC Takes Suo Motu Cognizance Of Heatwave Crisis, Expresses Pain At State's Inaction
In the wake of the prevailing heatwave crisis, the Rajasthan High Court has taken suo motu cognizance to find out speedy solutions to “save citizens” from the scorching heatwave condition in the state which poses as life threatening to the citizens, especially the vulnerable populations like elderly people, children, outdoor workers and those without access to cooling.Highlighting the...
Rajasthan HC Forms 5-Member Panel To Give Suggestions To Reform Administrative & Infrastructural Shortcomings In Govt Advocate's Office
The Rajasthan High Court has constituted a 5-member committee of comprising of members of the bar to examine prevailing deficiencies, structural requirements and administrative needs of the office of the Government Advocate (GA), and to recommend measures for capacity enhancement, administrative reforms and infrastructural improvements.Justice Farjand Ali took note of critical issues with...
Expect State To Issue Online Circular Stating Superannuation Age Of Dental, MBBS Medical Officers To Be 62 Years: Rajasthan High Court
The Rajasthan High Court has said that it expects the State to issue a circular/notification on their website stating that the age of superannuation of Medical Officers holding BDS (Bachelor of Dental Surgeon)/MBBS degree was 62 years, with immediate effect.Justice Rekha Borana passed the order in a petition challenging the State's decision retiring the petitioner–a qualified BDS–at the...
Rajasthan High Court Quarterly Digest: January To March 2025
Citations: 2025 LiveLaw (Raj) 1 To 2025 LiveLaw (Raj) 124Orders/Judgments of the MonthJanuary 2025Rajasthan HC Cancels Air Force Personnel's Anticipatory Bail Due To Misrepresentation, Hiding True Facts Like Grievous Injury Caused to VictimTitle: Ramesh Kumar v State of Rajasthan & Anr.Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Raj) 1The Jodhpur bench of the Rajasthan High Court cancelled the anticipatory...
Rajasthan High Court Monthly Digest: March 2025
Citations: 2025 LiveLaw (Raj) 81 To 2024 LiveLaw (Raj) 124NOMINAL INDEXMadhu Kanwar v State of Rajasthan 2025 LiveLaw (Raj) 81Saloni Institute of Medical Sciences v the State of Rajasthan 2025 LiveLaw (Raj) 82Vikash Kumar v State of Rajasthan & Ors. 2025 LiveLaw (Raj) 83Rajaram v the State of Rajasthan & Ors. 2025 LiveLaw (Raj) 84GR v State of the Rajasthan 2025 LiveLaw (Raj)...
Rajasthan HC Warns Private Institutes To 'Desist From Giving Irregular Admissions', Fines Three Dental Colleges ₹7.5 Lakh Per Student
Adopting the principle of equity Rajasthan High Court regularized the admission of certain medical students admitted "irregularly" by three medical colleges in 2018-19 and 2019-2020, subject to the students paying fine of Rs. 1 Lakh. At the same time Justice Dinesh Mehta imposed a cost of Rs. 7.50 Lakhs per student on Vyas Dental College, Eklavya Dental College and Maharaja Ganga Singh...
28 Years On, Rajasthan High Court Asks Authority To Consider Compassionate Appointment Of Man Who Lost Father At Age Of Two
The Rajasthan High Court has asked the State Electricity Transmission Corporation to consider the plea for compassionate appointment of a man, who lost his serving father back in the year 1997. The man was only 2 years old at the time.Ordinarily, compassionate appointment is an "immediate relief" to the family of a deceased government servant, mitigating the financial distress caused by the...
Plant 21 Trees: Rajasthan High Court Imposes Condition On Workman Who Failed To Timely Adduce Evidence In Industrial Dispute
Rajasthan High Court imposed the condition of planting 21 share trees on a workman for allowing his petition seeking another opportunity to adduce evidence in his industrial dispute. His claim was rejected by the Labour Court earlier when he failed to lead evidence on the stipulated date.The bench of Justice Anoop Kumar Dhand said, “Planting trees as directed above, is one such initiative...
Rajasthan HC Modifies Order Asking State To Consider Amending S.273 CrPC On Appearance Of Accused, Notes Amendment Is Already In Place
The Rajasthan High Court has rectified an earlier order where it had asked the state government to consider amending CrPC to provide for appearance of accused through video conferencing to attend trials, after the State moved a plea stating that Section 273 CrPC had already been amended and has been duly notified. For context, the court had in its March 7 order had permitted six men,...
Unregistered Deed Can Be Placed On Record For Collateral Purposes Subject To Payment Of Stamp Duty, Penalty & Proof Of Relevancy: Rajasthan HC
Rajasthan High Court set aside an order of the Trial Court that did not take on record an unregistered partition deed in a suit for permanent injunction, observing that the petitioner could reply upon the partition deed to the extent for collateral purpose pursuant to payment of stamp duty, penalty and proof of relevancy.The bench of Dr. Justice Nupur Bhati relied upon the Supreme Court...
Re-Evaluation Marks Can't Relate Back To Date Of Original Result For Ineligible Candidate To Claim Eligibility For Appointment: Rajasthan HC
The Rajasthan High Court rejected a petition filed by an candidate for appointment to the post of PT Instructor, who had cleared the qualifying exam only in "re-evaluation", the result of which was declared after the original result of the written exam for the post was conducted.Justice Anoop Kumar Dhand relied upon precedents to hold that the result of re-evaluation could not relate back to...
'Shocking, Contemptuous': Rajasthan HC Flags Non-Compliance Of Decade-Old Order For Payment Of Leave Encashment, Says Leniency Shouldn't Be Taken Lightly
Rajasthan High Court has expressed surprise and shock over non-compliance of its order for over a decade by the State, and directed release of the petitioners' encashment of privileged leaves within a period of 3 months. The Court cautioned that non-compliance of the order shall be viewed seriously and followed by disciplinary actions against defaulting officers.Opining the act of the State...