Forest Officer Suspended For Acting Against Alleged Poaching Of Deer By Villagers: Rajasthan HC Quashes Suspension, Flags Colorable Exercise Of Power

Rajasthan High Court has ruled that powers to suspend a civil servant under the Rajasthan Civil Services (Classification, Control & Appeal) Rules, 1958 shall be used by the competent authority with due caution and vigilance, only after considering its necessity and recording the reasons behind the satisfaction of the same. The Court held that suspending a civil servant without recording...

No Sweeping Direction Can Be Passed To Decide A Particular Case On Priority, Interferes With Priorities Of Other Pending Matters: Rajasthan HC

Rajasthan High Court has rejected a petition seeking directions to the District Court for expeditious decision on a divorce petition within a time bound period of six months.The bench of Justice Rekha Borana held that in the absence of any statistics on pending or disposal of cases before the concerned court, no sweeping directions could be passed to decide a case on priority. The Court...

“Marks Deducted As Per Instructions”: Rajasthan HC Denies Relief To NEET Candidate Who Filled Two Answers For Same Question

Rajasthan High Court rejects the petition of a NEET candidate seeking an increase in marks and consequent revision in rank, alleging unjust and arbitrary deduction of marks despite marking the correct answer in the OMR Sheet.The bench of Justice Sameer Jain highlighted that firstly, the student had raised the objection after the termination of the window for raising such objections set by...

[Rule 76 Rajasthan Minor Mineral Concession Rules] NOC Not Needed By Beneficiary Of Will To Mutate Lease In Their Name: High Court

Rajasthan high Court has ruled that Rule 76 of the Rajasthan Minor Mineral Concession Rules, 2017 (“the Rules”) applies only when the lease holder dies intestate, without any will.Rule 76 of the Rules provides for the procedure of mutation of the mineral license to be executed in the name of the legal heirs when the license holder dies during the subsistence of the license period. The...

Rajasthan High Court Asks Police To Consider Protection Plea By Already Married Live-In Partners

Rajasthan High Court has directed the local Police to consider providing necessary protection to a man and woman living in a live-in relationship outside their respective wedlocks.The bench of Justice Arun Monga was hearing a petition filed by a mother of four and a father of one who were living together in a relationship for past few days, without getting any divorce from their...

Ordinary Tiff Between Parties No Evidence Of Motive To Kill: Rajasthan High Court Grants Bail To Murder Accused

Rajasthan High Court has ruled that mere existence of some kind of tiff between the accused and the deceased could not be taken as evidence of accused's motive to kill the deceased. It thus granted bail to a murder accused who was behind bars since 2021, only on the basis of circumstantial evidences put forth by the prosecution.The prosecution had put forth three main circumstantial...

Right To Life Must Be Protected Regardless Of Validity Of Marriage: Rajasthan HC Grants Protection To Couple Of Non-Marriageable Age

Rajasthan High Court has ruled that the supremacy of fundamental rights seeking protection of life and liberty irrespective of the solemnization of an invalid or void marriage or even the absence of any marriage between the parties.The bench of Justice Arun Monga directed the police to grant protection to a major couple, not of marriageable age, facing threats from family and held that...

Road Accident | No Compensation For “Future Prospects” In Case Of Child's Death: Rajasthan High Court Reiterates

Rajasthan High Court has reiterated that in case of death of a child in a motor vehicles accident, the compensation cannot be awarded for such death under the head of “future prospects”.The bench of Justice Nupur Bhati relied upon Rajendra Singh & Ors. v. National Insurance Company Ltd. in which the Supreme Court had rejected the argument of increasing the compensation awarded to...

'Sudden Fight, No Premeditation': Rajasthan High Court Alters Husband's Murder Conviction For Throttling Pregnant Wife To Culpable Homicide

Rajasthan High Court has ordered the release of a man who was serving life imprisonment for last 10 years, after being convicted for murdering his pregnant wife.The division bench of Justice Pushpendra Singh Bhati and Justice Munnuri Laxman, while hearing the appeal of the convict, altered the charge of the convict from murder to culpable homicide and reduced his sentence from life...

S.420 IPC | Selling Property To Others Upon Suspicion Of Future Losses Cannot Save Such Assets, Can't Remain Rich "While Ruining Others": Rajasthan HC

Rajasthan High Court, while hearing an anticipatory bail application, observed that if a person speculates through someone else about incurring potential losses in future, and in consequence to that speculation disposes of his immovable property to near relative(s), then such properties cannot be saved later and the seller shall be responsible for the consequences since he cannot be allowed...

Qualification Of “Adeeb” Is Equivalent To Class 10th Qualification: Rajasthan High Court Reiterates

While reiterating that the educational qualification termed as "Adeeb" is equivalent to Secondary Examination (10th Class), the Rajasthan High Court recently directed the appointment of a woman to the post of Health Worker (Female) which had the eligibility criteria of 10th standard qualification.Referring to the decision of a coordinate bench (at Jaipur) in Jahida Salma v State of...

Accused Lying Behind Bars Due To Baseless Allegations By Co-Accused, No Iota Of Evidence: Rajasthan HC Releases Man Booked Under NDPS Act

Rajasthan High Court has ruled that simply mentioning in the charge sheet that the offence under Section 29 of the NDPS Act was made out against an individual was not sufficient to keep that person behind bars until any material was attached to the charge sheet to show the involvement or participation of the individual.Section 29 of the NDPS Act lays down punishment for abetting or conspiring...