Tripura High Court
Tripura High Court Sets Aside Cancellation Of Graduate Teacher's Appointment After University Confirms Degrees As Genuine
The Tripura High Court has set aside the cancellation of a candidate's appointment as Graduate Teacher, holding that the State had no basis to cancel the appointment after the petitioner produced subsequent genuineness certificates issued by Madurai Kamaraj University, which remained unrebutted by the authorities. Justice Biswajit Palit remarked that: “there was no basis on the part of the Director of Secondary Education to cancel the Offer of appointment in favour of the petitioner by memo...
Premature Release Can't Be Denied Solely On Police Verification Report Not Contemplated By Rules: Tripura High Court
The Tripura High Court recently set aside a decision of the State Level Committee rejecting the premature release of seven convicts who have undergone incarceration for periods between 15 years and 21 years.The committee denied the premature release of the convicts on the basis of a Police Verification Report. However, the Court noted that the notification dated September 3, 2025 issued by...
Divorced Daughter Cannot Be Denied Family Pension Merely Because Divorce Occurred After Father's Death: Tripura High Court
The Tripura High Court has held that a divorced daughter cannot be denied family pension merely on the ground that she was not divorced on the date of her pensioner-father's death. The Court remarked that the requirement that a daughter must have been divorced during the lifetime of the pensioner was not contained in the applicable pension rules. The Court also criticised the Agartala...
Tripura High Court Upholds BSF Personnel's Dismissal For Firing 20 Rounds While Drunk, Aiming Rifle At Superiors
The Tripura High Court has upheld the dismissal of a BSF Head Constable who, while on duty and allegedly in an inebriated state, indiscriminately fired 20 rounds from his service rifle in the air and subsequently aimed the rifle at his superior officers. The Court found no violation of natural justice or other ground warranting interference with the disciplinary proceedings and dismissed his...
'Laid Back Attitude Not Warranted': Tripura High Court Pulls Up State For Failing To Implement SC Directions On Open Prisons
The Tripura High Court on Wednesday (August 26) pulled up the State Government for failing to conduct the assessment of prison infrastructure and prepare an action plan for establishing Open Correctional Infrastructure (OCI), as directed by the Supreme Court in Suhas Chakma v. Union of India and Others.A division bench comprising Chief Justice M.S. Ramachandra Rao and Justice Biswajit Palit...
Trial Court Cannot Reject Charge-Sheet Over Absconding Co-Accused: Tripura High Court
The Tripura High Court has set aside an order granting bail to an accused in an NDPS case, holding that the Trial Court erred in refusing to accept the charge-sheet merely because the investigating officer had not sought a warrant and proclamation against an absconding co-accused. The Court observed that the Trial Court's approach was “wholly illegal, unreasonable and unjustified,”...
'Backdoor Appointments': Tripura High Court Restrains Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council From Paying Salaries To Regularised Employees
The Tripura High Court recently restrained the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council, till further orders, from paying salaries to the to the part-time workers, casual workers and paid vouchers who have been regularised in absence of existence of sanctioned posts with approved scale of pay and allowances. The Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) is...
No Legal Basis To Deny Woman Jailor Promotion As Recruitment Rules Make No Gender Distinction: Tripura High Court
The Tripura High Court has held that, in the absence of any provision in the Recruitment Rules prescribing gender-based restrictions, a Female Jailor cannot be denied consideration for promotion to the post of Deputy Superintendent (Home) Jail solely on the ground of her gender. The Court observed that the applicable Recruitment Rules do not distinguish between male and female Jailors...
Failure To Communicate Grounds Of Arrest To Uneducated Accused In Understandable Manner Vitiates Arrest: Tripura High Court Grants Bail
The Tripura High Court has granted bail to an accused booked under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act after holding that the prosecution failed to establish that the grounds of arrest were effectively communicated to him in a language he understood. The Court Noted that the investigating officer had described the accused as "uneducated" and admitted that he did not...
Senior Citizens Cannot Be Penalised For Not Tracking Cases Online: Tripura High Court
The Tripura High Court has held that while litigants are expected to track their cases on court websites, however persons who are not technologically savvy such as senior citizens cannot be penalised for not doing so. The court was hearing an appeal wherein the respondent-plaintiff had filed suit to declare his right, title and interest in the suit schedule property and for recovery of...
Refusal To Conduct Social Wedding After Notarized Marriage Does Not Convert Consensual Relationship Into Rape: Tripura High Court
The Tripura High Court recently acquitted a man convicted under Section 376(1) IPC, holding that a consensual relationship arising out of a long-standing love affair and subsisting marriage could not subsequently be treated as rape merely because the accused allegedly refused to conduct a social marriage ceremony. The Court observed that the complainant herself admitted to the existence of...