Labour & Service
Public Prosecutor's Independent Decision Contrary To Police Recommendations Doesn't Amount To Professional Misconduct: Madras High Court
A Division Bench of the Madras High Court comprising Justice G.R.Swaminathan and Justice M.D.Sumathi held that a prosecutor's independent decisions in conducting a criminal case do not amount to professional misconduct warranting disciplinary action by the Bar Council unless there is prima facie material indicating misconduct. The Bar Council cannot direct disciplinary action against...
Police Personnel Can't Face Disciplinary Action Merely For Seeking Permission To Form Association: Madras High Court
The Madras High Court recently held that an employee submitting a representation to his higher officials seeking permission to form an association would not amount to misconduct warranting departmental enquiry against the employee. Justice Krishnaswamy Govindarajan observed that an employee has a right to submit a representation and it is for the administrative authorities to...
Transferred High Court Judge May Opt To Avail Retirement Benefits From Parent High Court: Orissa High Court
A judge who has devoted years to public service should be able to retire with dignity, and without anxiety over basic necessities, Court said.
Poor Class 10th Results Alone Can't Justify Penalising Teacher Without Finding Of Misconduct: Rajasthan High Court
The Rajasthan High Court has set aside the penalty imposed on a government teacher over poor Class 10th results in Mathematics, opining that there were no specific allegations against the petitioner that the results dropped due to commission or omission on his part. The bench of Justice Anoop Kumar Dhand held that there might be several reasons for which the results remained below the...
Missing Interview Records: Allahabad High Court Directs KGMU To Calculate Average Marks And Declare Candidate's Result
The Allahabad High Court has directed King George's Medical University (KGMU) to calculate average interview marks from the surviving records of the same selection if the petitioner's marks cannot be verified, and then declare the result of her candidature.The Court also observed that a recruitment process, once undertaken and candidates have participated in its prescribed stages, must be...
Continuing Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya Teachers On Contract For Years On Paltry Pay Is 'Forced Labour' Under Article 23: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has held that the continued engagement of teachers in Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas on year-to-year contracts, without any step by the State to create posts for them or to pay them at par with regularly appointed teachers, amounts to a form of forced labour prohibited by Article 23 of the Constitution of India. The Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya Scheme was...
CCS Rules | Disciplinary Authority Cannot Circumvent Rule 15(2) By Ordering Further Inquiry Under Rule 15(1): Tripura High Court
The Tripura High Court has dismissed the State Government's appeal against an order quashing its decision to initiate a further inquiry against a government employee who had been exonerated of all charges in the original departmental inquiry. The Division Bench held that the disciplinary authority could not bypass the procedure prescribed under Rule 15(2) of the Central Civil...
'Highly Reprehensible': Allahabad High Court Imposes ₹1 Lakh Costs On UP Govt For Denying Minimum Pay To Forest Dept Daily Wagers
Court expressed "anguish" at the State for making poor daily wagers run from pillar to post for their rightful claim.
'Legislature Cannot Directly Annul Judgment' : Supreme Court Strikes Down 2022 Karnataka Law Validating Tainted 2011 Civil Service Selection
The Court directed the State Government to initiate fresh recruitment for the vacant Group A and Group B posts, granting a one-time age relaxation to candidates from the 2011 recruitment.
Rule That Select List Confers No Indefeasible Right Can't Substitute For Examining Claim Based On Available Vacancy: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has held that the settled principle that inclusion in a select list confers no indefeasible right to appointment cannot be used to reject the claim of a selected candidate who relies on vacancies alleged to be available and on an earlier direction of the Court requiring his case to be reconsidered. It held that the recruiting authority was obliged to ascertain the...
Repeated Extensions Do Not Give Temporary Employees Right To Continue In Service: AP High Court
The Andhra Pradesh High Court has held that temporary employees cannot claim continuation in service as a matter of right after expiry of their fixed tenure, even if their engagements have been extended repeatedly. [2026 LiveLaw (AP) 264]The Court made the observation while dismissing a plea by 12 temporary employees of Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati, challenging the discontinuation...