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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.
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...
KPSC Recruitment Scam: Karnataka High Court Slams State For Failing To Continue Probe Despite SC Order Upholding SIT Constitution
The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday (October 28) pulled up the State government for failing to notify the Special Investigation Team (SIT) as a police station in the Karnataka Public Service Commission (KPSC) Veterinary Officer recruitment scam case, despite the Supreme Court having upheld the constitution of the SIT.The Court observed that the failure had left the investigation into...
Rajasthan High Court Calls CRPF's Dismissal Of Employee For Consuming Alcohol, Misbehaving With Colleagues 'Autocratic'
The Rajasthan High Court has termed the dismissal of a CRPF employee, who was serving as a Dhobi, for consuming alcohol and misbehaving with colleagues as "shockingly disproportionate" to the misconduct and contrary to the provisions of the Central Reserve Police Force Act, 1949 (CRPF Act).“There is no charge of committing more heinous offence against the petitioner and when the petitioner...
Pending Departmental Inquiry Bars Promotion Despite Quashing Of Earlier Penalty: Tripura High Court
The Tripura High Court has held that a pending departmental proceeding can prevent an employee from being granted promotion, even after an earlier penalty imposed on him has been quashed. Dismissing a police inspector's plea for retrospective promotion to the post of Tripura Police Service (TPS) GradeII, the Court observed that no order granting promotion could be passed until the...
AP High Court Upholds Police Officer's Pay Reduction For Concealing Misfire, Says Negligence In Duty Can't Be Condoned
The Andhra Pradesh High Court has upheld the punishment imposed on an Andhra Pradesh Special Police (APSP) Reserve Inspector for failing to report an accidental firing incident involving a constable. [2026 LiveLaw (AP) 262]The punishment involved reduction of pay by one stage for one year, with cumulative effect on future increments and pension.The disciplinary charge alleged a violation of...
Pending Corruption Case No Ground To Quash Departmental Charge-Sheet: Rajasthan High Court
The Rajasthan High Court has held that an FIR filed against a delinquent employee, and departmental proceedings are two different processes, that can run concurrently, and there is no legal bar in holding both of these simultaneously. The bench of Justice Anoop Kumar Dhand further opined that generally, a writ petition does not survive against the charge-sheet issued in departmental...
Kerala High Court Denies Judge's Plea To Engage Lawyer In Disciplinary Inquiry, Says He Can Take Assistance Of Another Judge
The Kerala High Court recently upheld the denial of a serving Additional District Judge's request to engage a lawyer in disciplinary proceedings against him, holding that he could take the assistance of another judicial officer to defend himself. The Court noted that the charges, though serious, were not complicated. [2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 600]Justice P. Gopinath observed:“the charges against...