Rajasthan High Court
No Distinction Between 'Honourable' & Other Acquittals For Service Benefits: Rajasthan High Court Orders Full Salary For Suspension Period
The Rajasthan High Court has held that there is no legally sustainable difference between 'honourable acquittal' and 'acquittal' for the purpose of granting service benefits to a suspended employee. The bench of Justice Anand Sharma set aside the orders of the employer-LIC (respondent) as per which the petitioner was denied the service benefits for his time when he was put under suspension...
Motor Accident: Rajasthan High Court Directs Insurer To First Pay Minor's Compensation Despite Policy Breach
While hearing a Motor Accident Claim case, considering that the claimant was a minor, Rajasthan High Court directed the insurance company of the offending vehicle to satisfy the award granted in favour of the claimant, despite the vehicle's owner being in breach of the insurance policy, with a liberty to recover it from the owner of the vehicle. The bench of Justice Farjand Ali made a...
Rajasthan High Court Directs State To File Measures For Management, Control Of 3,000 Madarsas
The Rajasthan High Court has directed the State Government to place on record the measures that can be taken for the effective management, control, and operation of approximately 3,000 Madarsas functioning across the State. While listing the matter for October 27, 2026, the Division Bench of Justice Vinit Kumar Mathur and Justice Chandra Shekhar Sharma observed:"Mr. B.L. Bhati, learned...
Rajasthan High Court Refuses To Interfere In 'Administrative Issue' Of Posting IPS Officer As Police Superintendent
The Rajasthan High Court has refused to interfere with the administrative issue concerning the appointment of a Superintendent of Police (SP), Nagaur, from the Rajasthan Police Service (RPS) cadre instead of the Indian Police Service (IPS) cadre.A division bench comprising Dr. Justice Pushpendra Singh Bhati and Justice Bipin Gupta was hearing a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by...
Employee Must Be Heard Before Pay-Scale Reduction Even If Initial Appointment Was Irregular: Rajasthan High Court
The Rajasthan High Court has upheld the quashing of an order that reduced pay-scale of employees without affording opportunity of hearing, irrespective of the fact that the initial appointments of the concerned employees against regular posts were irregular and reduction of their pay scale was a consequence of restoring their position prior to such irregularity. The division bench of...
Electronic Records Alone Can't Replace Examination, Cross-Examination In Departmental Inquiry: Rajasthan High Court
The Rajasthan High Court has held that the stages of examination, cross-examination, defence evidence or hearing of arguments, as under Rule 16(6)(a) of the Rajasthan Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 1958 (the “Rules”) cannot be avoided merely because the disciplinary authorities considered that documentary or electronic material was sufficient. The bench of...
Minor In Single Mother's Exclusive Custody Can Get Passport Without Father's Name: Rajasthan High Court
The Rajasthan High Court has held that passport authorities cannot insist a minor, who is in exclusive custody of divorced mother, to produce an undertaking of estranged father's name for renewal of passport, especially when no such document was sought at the time of issuing the passport.The bench of Justice Maneesh Sharma perused all the relevant statutory documents, to conclude that a...
Absence Of Single Voter Can't Stall Election Or Warrant Re-Poll: Rajasthan High Court
The Rajasthan High Court has held that absence of a single voter at the time of polling could not be treated as an adverse situation warranting postponement of the elections schedule fixed by the State Election Commission and hence could not be a ground for re-polling. The bench of Justice Anoop Kumar Dhand observed that if such a situation was allowed to trigger re-polling or postponement...
LiveLaw Rajasthan High Court Weekly Round-Up: September 21 - September 27, 2026
NOMINAL INDEX [Citations 391 - 403]Pooran Singh v State of Rajasthan & Ors, and other connected petition; 2026 LiveLaw (Raj) 391Parmila Gupta v Jaipur Airport Authority & Ors.; 2026 LiveLaw (Raj) 392Shri Choth Mal Verma and Anr. v Ajmer Vidyut Vitran Nigam Limited and Ors.; 2026 LiveLaw (Raj) 393State of Rajasthan & Ors. v Jeetendra Kumar Choudhary; 2026 LiveLaw (Raj) 394Munni Devi...
Merely Recording Employee's Reply Was 'Considered' Is An 'Eye Wash'; Serious Misconduct Can't Excuse Lack Of Reasons: Rajasthan High Court
The Rajasthan High Court has set aside an order imposing penalty on the Zonal Chief Engineer of Jaipur Discom, as well as the appellate order affirming such penalty, since no consideration was given to the contents of the reply in defence that was submitted by him.The bench of Justice Anand Sharma affirmed that merely using the words that the content was considered in the order, was an...
'Life Is Short, Litigation Infinite': Rajasthan High Court Orders Disposal Of 63-Year-Old Revenue Case, Warns Of Action For Delay
The Rajasthan High Court ordered disposal of a 63-year-old revenue case in 3 months without any adjournments, holding that in case of failure by the Presiding Officer of revenue court directions will be issued to higher authorities to take appropriate action against the officer including adverse remarks in the Annual Confidential Report. While recording “harsh reality of the system...
Absence Due To Prolonged Illness Not Wilful Misconduct: Rajasthan High Court Quashes Termination
While setting aside termination order of a deceased-employee, the division bench of Chief Justice Sanjay K. Agrawal and Justice Vinit Kumar Mathur at the Rajasthan High Court affirmed that the absence of an employee owing to a prolonged illness did not amount to wilful absence that could attract imposition of penalty. For context, the petitioner's husband was working as a constable in 1979...