Orissa High Court Grants Relief To Selected Legislative Assembly Reporters, Says Can't Cancel Appointment Arbitrarily When Posts Are Vacant

The Orissa High Court has held that the State cannot arbitrarily deny appointment to selected candidates in a public service and it is liable to show reason for non-consideration of their candidatures, especially when large number of posts remain vacant in that cadre. [2026 LiveLaw (Ori) 77]Allowing a writ petition filed by two candidates whose selection as Reporters in the Odisha...

Accident Compensation | No Presumption On Govt Doctor's Having Private Practice; Burden On Claimant To Show Earnings: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court has held that there is no presumption that a Government doctor has a private medical practice or earns additional income therefrom. The Court observed that the burden lies upon the claimant to establish, by cogent evidence, that he was actually engaged in private practice and earning income from it before claiming compensation under the Motor Vehicles Act on...

Experience In Govt Hospitals Can't Be Ignored Merely Because Salary Was Paid By NGO Under PPP Model: Rajasthan High Court

The Rajasthan High Court has held that experience gained by rendering medical services in Government Health institutions, and corresponding benefits, could not be denied to the concerned persons merely because their salary was routed through a charitable trust under an administrative arrangement approved by the State Government. The bench of Justice Nupur Bhati observed that the mode of...

Consequential Arrears Can't Be Denied Once Pay Parity Is Restored: Delhi High Court Grants Relief To Prasar Bharati Technicians

The Delhi High Court has held that once pay parity between similarly placed employees is restored, consequential arrears cannot be denied. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 644]A Division Bench of Justice Anil Kshetarpal and Justice Amit Mahajan thus directed Prasar Bharati to extend the upgraded pay scale of ₹5,000-8,000 to eligible Technicians and Senior Technicians with effect from January 1, 1996,...

Supreme Court Seeks Centre's Response On Plea Challenging Navy Recruitment Rules For Non-Gazetted Group B Officers

The Supreme Court on Friday (July 10) issued notice on a plea filed by the All India Clerks Association challenging the Kerala High Court's judgment upholding the validity of the Ministry of Defence (Navy) Group 'B' (Non-Gazetted) Ministerial Staff Posts Recruitment Rules, 2019, which had enhanced the eligibility criteria for promotion to the post of Office Superintendent from 8 years to...

Technical Shortfall In One Month's Wages Under S.33(2)(b) ID Act Can't Shield Employee Guilty Of Corruption, Forgery: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court has held that a technical shortfall in payment of one month's wages under the proviso to Section 33(2)(b) of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, cannot be used as a shield by an employee found guilty of grave misconduct such as corruption and forgery. The Court observed that the protection under Section 33(2)(b) is intended to soften the rigours of dismissal and not to...

'Highly Contemptuous': Jharkhand High Court Slams Officer For Terming Benefits Given Under Court Order As 'Wrongly Granted'

The Jharkhand High Court has held that it was “highly contemptuous” for a Regional Deputy Director of Education to state in a counter affidavit that certain ACP benefits had been “wrongly granted” to an employee despite those very benefits having been directed by a coordinate Bench of the High Court and subsequently implemented by the department. The Court also held that denying...

Primary Stakeholders, Functionaries Are Women: Telangana High Court Upholds Female Reservation For Anganwadi Supervisor Post

The Telangana High Court has upheld the State Government's order reserving posts of Extension Officers Grade-I and Grade-II (Anganwadi Supervisors) exclusively for women, holding that the policy is a valid exercise of the State's power under Article 15(3) of the Constitution. [2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 101]The Court observed that the beneficiaries of the Integrated Child Development Services...

Compulsory Retirement For 22-Day Unauthorised Absence Disproportionate: Orissa High Court Grants Relief To Disabled Railway Employee

The Orissa High Court has ordered 50% back wages along with retiral benefits to a disabled former railway employee who was compulsorily retired from service in 2012 for proceeding on an unsanctioned leave of “twenty-two and half days” to attend her ailing mother. [2026 LiveLaw (Ori) 74]Finding the punishment to be severely disproportionate to the alleged indiscipline, the Division Bench...

Master's Degree In Allied Subject Valid For Assistant Professor Appointment Under UGC Regulations: Uttarakhand High Court

The Uttarakhand High Court has held that under the UGC Regulations governing appointment to the post of Assistant Professor, a candidate possessing a Master's Degree in the concerned, relevant or allied subject from an Indian University with 55% marks is eligible for appointment.The Court observed that the UGC Regulations treat degrees in “concerned”, “relevant” and “allied”...

Delhi High Court Upholds Grade Pay-Based Financial Upgradation Under Centre's Modified Assured Career Progression Scheme

The Delhi High Court has upheld the Central government's Modified Assured Career Progression Scheme (MACPS), which grants financial upgradation to the immediate next higher Grade Pay instead of the Grade Pay attached to the next promotional post. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 641]A division bench of Justices Anil Kshetrapal and Amit Mahajan rejected a batch of petitions challenging the scheme as...

Delhi High Court Asks SBI To Pay ₹1 Lakh To Worker For Illegal Termination, Sets Aside Regularisation Order

The Delhi High Court has set aside a Labour Court award directing the State Bank of India (SBI) to regularise the services of a worker whose termination was held to be illegal. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 639]Justice Shail Jain held that violation of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 does not automatically confer a right to regularisation in public employment. However, the bench directed SBI to pay...