Rajasthan High Court
Contractual Employees Can't Be Replaced By Another Set Of Contractual Employees: Rajasthan High Court Grants Relief To Vocational Trainers
Rajasthan High Court granted relief to the petitioners who were serving as vocational trainers for several years, and were deployed through third party agencies i.e. vocational training providers (VTPs). The services of the petitioners were terminated after the State terminated the contract with the VTPs. The bench of Justice Ashok Kumar Jain directed the State to engage the petitioners...
Terms In Past Advertisement Does Not Create Vested Right For Candidates To Insist On Same In Future Public Recruitment: Rajasthan High Court
Rajasthan High Court held that inclusion of a particular condition in past year's advertisement for public recruitment did not create any vested right in favour of candidate to insist upon identical conditions in the future recruitments too. The bench of Justice Anand Sharma observed that every recruitment process was an independent exercise and the employer was competent to modify or...
Candidate Deprived Of Public Employment Over Lodging Of FIR Despite Negative Final Report Violates Article 14: Rajasthan High Court
Rajasthan High Court held that depriving a candidate of public employment merely due to registration of FIR that resulted in negative report, was not only arbitrary but also punished a candidate for no fault of his. The bench of Justice Arun Monga observed that such a proposition placed a citizen's career at the mercy of someone who chose to file a false complaint. “The mere registration of...
Rajasthan High Court Takes Suo-Motu Cognizance Of Reports On Encroachment, Pollution Caused To Udaipur's Lakes And Water Bodies
Rajasthan High Court takes suo motu cognizance of the issues pertaining to lakes, canals and other water bodies in Udaipur, including alleged increased urbanization, unregulated developments, encroachment, pollution, sewage discharge, alternation of natural drainage channels and inadequate maintenance of water infrastructure.The court took note of various news reports highlighting issues...
Workmen's Compensation Act | Taking Deceased To Hospital On Humanitarian Ground Not Enough To Assume Employment Relationship: Rajasthan HC
Rajasthan High Court set aside a claim granted in favour of a deceased man's family under the Workmen's Compensation Act, and held that taking deceased to the hospital on humanitarian grounds was not sufficient to establish employer-employee relationship in absence of any documents.The bench of Justice Ravi Chirania opined that in a society, many a times people extended their help to those...
33 Years On Rajasthan High Court Acquits Man Of Attempt To Murder; Says Grievous Injuries, Dangerous Weapon Insufficient Without Intention
While setting aside a 1993 order convicting a man for attempt to murder, Rajasthan High Court held that the fact of grievous or repeated injuries using a dangerous weapon, would not by itself attract such conviction without the ingredient of intention or knowledge to commit the offence. The bench of Justice Farjand Ali opined that the courts had to carefully segregate whether the assault was...
Rajasthan High Court Weekly Round-Up: June 1 - June 7, 2026
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Raj) 215-2026 LiveLaw (Raj) 223NOMINAL INDEXPramod Jain v the Regional Officer, Rajasthan State Pollution Control Board & Anr.; 2026 LiveLaw (Raj) 215Yasmeen Bee & Ors. v State of Rajasthan & Ors., and other connected matters; 2026 LiveLaw (Raj) 216Feliram v State of Rajasthan; 2026 LiveLaw (Raj) 217Dhananjay Kumar v State of Rajasthan; 2026 LiveLaw...
Cheque Bouncing | Complainant Can't Question Nexus Of Document To Transaction After Denying His Signature, Handwriting On It: Rajasthan HC
While adjudicating a cheque dishonour case, Rajasthan High Court held that once the complainant disputed his/her handwriting and signatures on a particular exhibit, such denial disentitled him/her from contending that the document had no nexus with the transaction involved.The bench of Justice Farjand Ali was hearing a petition challenging the order of the trial court that had...
Can't Brush Aside Allegation: Rajasthan High Court Upholds FIR Against Forest Officer Accused Of Using Dummy Candidate In Recruitment Exam
Refusing to quash an FIR against a forest officer accused of using a dummy candidate in the recruitment exam, the Rajasthan High Court held that offences pertaining to manipulation of a public examination process could not be lightly brushed aside at the threshold.The bench of Justice Farjand Ali was hearing a quashing petition in which the allegations against a serving Forest Guard was that...
Rajasthan High Court Partly Allows Accused's Plea To Summon Document On POCSO Victim's Age, Says No Delay In Filing S.91 CrPC Plea
Rajasthan High Court has partly allowed a POCSO accused's plea challenging a trial court order which had rejected his application under Section 91 CrPC seeking production of the complainant's admission ticket issued by the Community Health Centre to determine her age. The trial court rejected the application on the ground that the cross-examination with regard to the age of the victim has...
Accused Can't Be Made To Sit At Police Station All Day Without Concrete Evidence: Rajasthan High Court Asks SP To Monitor 5-Yr Murder Probe
While considering a plea to quash a murder FIR, Rajasthan High Court directed Dausa Superintendent of Police to monitor the investigation pending for over 5 years and to ensure that the accused persons were not harassed unnecessarily on the pretext of being required for interrogation, unless there was certain evidence against them.The bench of Justice Anoop Kumar Dhand held that...