Mere Variation In Disability Assessments Cannot Prove Fraud: Rajasthan High Court Sets Aside Employee's Termination

While setting aside the termination of a disabled employee, Rajasthan High Court held that a mere variation between two legally valid medical assessment reports, could not by itself be treated as proof of fraud by the employee in securing the employment. The bench of Justice Mukesh Rajpurohit opined that in case of such variations, if the earlier disability certificate required...

Executing Court Cannot Award Back Wages Omitted From Final Decree: Chhattisgarh High Court

The Chhattisgarh High Court has held that an Executing Court cannot go beyond the decree and award back wages when no such relief was granted by the Court in the judgment and decree being executed. The Court observed that the Executing Court had neither the authority to explain the decree nor the jurisdiction to travel beyond it.[2026 LiveLaw (Chh) 121]Justice Naresh Kumar Chandravanshi...

UP Regularisation Rules Don't Apply To Employees Of District Rural Development Agencies Working Under Govt Schemes: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that persons engaged by a District Rural Development Agency (DRDA) cannot claim the benefit of the UP Regularisation of Persons Working on Daily Wages or on Work Charge or on Contract in Government Departments on Group 'C' and Group 'D' Posts (Outside the Purview of the Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission) Rules, 2016, as the agency is a society...

State Can't Deny Interest On GPF Amount Retained Beyond Retirement : HP HC

A Division Bench of the Himachal Pradesh High Court comprising Chief Justice G. S. Sandhawalia and Justice Jiya Lal Bhardwaj held that a government employee is entitled to interest on delayed GPF payments when the State itself processed the retention request and passed a validation order, preventing it from later claiming non-compliance with the rules. Background Facts...

Delhi High Court Upholds August 1 Cut-Off Date For CSE Age Eligibility, Says Courts Must Defer To Executive's Discretion

A Division Bench of the Delhi High Court comprising Justice C. Hari Shankar and Justice Amit Mahajan held that a cut-off date for age eligibility in competitive exams is not arbitrary or violative of Articles 14 and 16 merely because it is not 1 January, as the executive has wide discretion to fix such dates. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 790] Background Facts The petitioner was a candidate...

Karnataka High Court Seeks State's Explanation For Excluding Urdu Teachers From 2026 Recruitment, But Refuses To Stall Process

The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday (August 25) sought an explanation from the State Government on the alleged exclusion of Urdu-medium and other linguistic minority teaching posts from its ongoing recruitment drive for 15,000 school teachers, while refusing to stay the recruitment process.Justice Anant Ramanath Hegde, sitting at Dharwad, issued notice on a petition challenging the August...

Denying Compassionate Appointment To Married Daughters While Granting It To Married Sons Is Unconstitutional: Chhattisgarh High Court

The Chhattisgarh High Court has held that denial of compassionate appointment to married daughters solely on the ground of their marital status, when married sons have been granted such appointment under the same Scheme, is arbitrary, discriminatory and violative of Articles 14 and 15 of the Constitution. The Court further held that the issue of dependency is essentially one of fact and cannot...

Amendments To Government Orders Must Be Interpreted Reasonably To Avoid Hardship : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has held that amendments to government orders which alter or modify earlier service rules must be interpreted reasonably so as to avoid unnecessary hardship to persons who had no control over the subject matter.The Court observed that a subsequent amendment in the qualifications norms would not disturb the promotion of an employee who have acquired requisite qualifications...

'Industry' Definition : No Clear Majority Emerges From Supreme Court Judgment, Only 4 Out Of 9 Judges Back New Test

The verdict has a 4-4-1 outcome regarding the correctness of the 1978 judgment in the Bangalore Water Supply case.

Pendency Of Criminal Case No Ground To Discharge Public Servant: Supreme Court

The Court also observed that release on probation does not bar disciplinary proceedings against the officer.

Supreme Court Dismisses Plea By 35 Candidates Against Exclusion From Jharkhand Judicial Service Prelims Revised Merit List

The Court said that the petition has become infructuous because the exam itself has been cancelled.

Reserved Candidate Selected On Open Merit Can Claim Better Reserved-Category Post Than Reserved Candidate Having Lower Marks: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court recently observed that a candidate belonging to a reserved category, who is otherwise eligible and has been selected in the open category on merit, is entitled to a better post under the reserved category than a reserved-category candidate who has secured lower marks.The bench of Justice MM Sundresh and Justice Prasanna B Varale said the legal position was settled and had...