Allahabad High Court Quashes Rejection Of Police Constable Candidature Over Pending Criminal Case

The Allahabad High Court has held that instructions issued by the Director General of Police on 05.04.2025 will not override the Government Order dated 28.04.1958, which continues to hold the field on the grant of character certificates at the time of first appointment to government service. It held that the appointing authority cannot simply adopt the recommendation of the District...

Gauhati High Court Refuses To Interfere With CRPF Officer's Transfer Over Wife's Anxiety Disorder

The Gauhati High Court recently dismissed a CRPF personnel's plea challenging his transfer order citing anxiety disorder of his wife, observing that scope of court's interference is limited in such cases unless violation of statutory rules or malafides are shown. The single judge bench of Justice Sanjay Kumar Medhi observed:"the scope of interference with an order of transfer by a Writ Court...

Doctrine Of Necessity Can Be Invoked To Prevent Administrative Exercise From Becoming Futile: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that the doctrine of necessity is not limited to situations involving bias and can be invoked wherever an administrative exigency in the discharge of a public duty threatens to leave a vacuum and render an entire exercise futile. Law permits certain things to be done as a matter of necessity, which it would otherwise not countenance on the touchstone of...

Bigamous Marriage By UP Govt Servant Can Attract Major Penalty For Contracting It Without Govt Permission: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that a government servant who contracts a bigamous marriage without obtaining the Government's permission can be subjected to a major penalty, as the punishment for violation of Rule 29(1) and (2) of the U.P. Government Servants' Conduct Rules, 1956, is now within the discretion of the appointing authority.Justice Manish Kumar Nigam noted that sub-rule (3)...

Stakeholder Meetings Can't Substitute Mandatory Publication Of Notification Inviting Objections To Proposed Wage Revision: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has held that once Section 5(1)(b) of the Minimum Wages Act, 1948 has been invoked, the State cannot dispense with the publication of the proposal for wage revision in Official Gazette and statutory opportunity to file objections merely because the stakeholders had subsequently participated in the meetings. Consequently, the Division Bench of Justice D.K. Singh...

'Trying To Sail In Two Boats': Rajasthan High Court Rejects Doctor's Plea To Retain Lien In Two Govt Services While Pursuing Higher Studies

The Rajasthan High Court has rejected a doctor's plea seeking extension of time to join as an Assistant Professor in General Surgery while pursuing his M.Ch. in Urology, holding that a government servant cannot retain lien on two substantive posts simultaneously.Justice Anoop Kumar Dhand observed that extension of joining time is meant to meet administrative exigencies or personal hardship...

No Candidate Can Be Denied MV Inspector Post For Lacking Experience In Non-Existent Petrol HGV/HPV Vehicles: Karnataka High Court

Censuring the irregularities in the recruitment process for Motor Vehicle Inspectors in the state, the Karnataka High Court has rapped the Public Service Commission and the Transport Department for acting unreasonably, and in a manner amounting to a 'travesty of justice'. [2026 LiveLaw(Kar) 407]The Division bench of Justices R Devdas and K Manmadha Rao noted that the authorities erred by...

Treating Employee As 'Fresh Appointee' After 42 Years Is Contrary To Constitutional Ethos: Patna High Court On Pay Cut Of Daily-Wage Worker

The Patna HC has held that treating a long-serving daily-wage employee as a “fresh appointee” at the fag end of his career, resulting in a reduction in his pay, requires reconsideration, particularly where similarly situated employees had been granted the benefit of earlier regularization.A Single Judge Bench of Justice Kumar Manish was hearing a writ petition filed by the petitioner, who...

Jharkhand High Court Extends Stay On Termination Of Employees Appointed Through Cancelled JPSC, JSSC Exams

As per PTI, the Jharkhand High Court on Wednesday extended the stay on termination of government employees whose appointments were affected by the cancellation of certain examinations conducted by the Jharkhand Public Service Commission (JPSC) and Jharkhand Staff Selection Commission (JSSC).Justice Deepak Roshan was hearing a series of petitions filed by employees challenging the...

Rajasthan High Court Imposes ₹10,000 Costs On State For Forcing Employee To Litigate Over Name Correction

The Rajasthan High Court has imposed a cost of Rs. 10,000 on the State government, for failing to correct the name of an employee in the service records owing to their "impersonal and irresponsible" approach, and pushing her towards unnecessary litigation. “This Court cannot remain a mute spectator to such harassment. The Courts are already overburdened with genuine lis. If the State and...

Rajasthan High Court Upholds 10% Lifetime Pension Cut After Police Officials Fled Mob, Sub-Inspector Burnt Alive

The Rajasthan High Court has upheld the punishment of withholding 10% of the pension payable to three retired police officials for their lifetime, after finding them guilty of grave negligence in discharging their duties during a law-and-order situation that resulted in the death of a Sub-Inspector.Justice Anoop Kumar Dhand held that the disciplinary proceedings could continue after...

Pan-India Recruitment: Rajasthan High Court Says It Has Territorial Jurisdiction As Substantive Stages Were Conducted In State

The Rajasthan High Court has held that it has the territorial jurisdiction in matters relating to a recruitment process which was initiated for positions across India, and was conducted in various stages across the country, if substantive stages were also conducted in Rajasthan. The division bench of Chief Justice Sanjay K. Agarwal and Justice Inderjeet Singh further opined that apart from...