Rajasthan Judicial Services: High Court Dismisses Plea Challenging Answer Key Of 2021 Prelims Exam

The Rajasthan High Court has dismissed a plea challenging the final results of the Civil Judge Cadre of Rajasthan Judicial Services (Preliminary Examination). The exam was conducted on 28.11.2021 and the final result for the same was declared on 11.01.2022. The present plea was filed by one Ashwini Chaturvedi. She had challenged the administration's decision on the correct choice...

"Equal Pay For Equal Work" Not A Fundamental Right Vested In Any Employee, Though A Constitutional Goal To Be Achieved By Govt: Supreme Court

"Equal pay for equal work" is not a fundamental right vested in any employee, though it is a constitutional goal to be achieved by the Government, the Supreme Court remarked in a judgment delivered on Thursday (27 January 2022)The bench comprising Justices DY Chandrachud and Bela M. Trivedi observed that the equation of post and determination of pay scales is the primary function of the...

Written Complaint By Public Servant Mandatory For Taking Cognizance Of Offence U/S 188 IPC: Madras HC Quashes FIR Over Agitation To Shift TASMAC Shop

The Madurai Bench of Madras High Court has recently quashed an FIR registered against protesters who assembled before a TASMAC Shop in 2017 and demanded that it must be shifted for the sake of young generation.While quashing the FIR registered based on the complaint of Village Administrative Official and taken on the file of the Judicial Magistrate, Justice K. Murali Shankar observed that...

Delhi Court Issues Summons To Times Now In Defamation Suit By Popular Front Of India

A Delhi Court on Saturday issued summons in a civil defamation suit filed by Popular Front of India against Times Now news channel and others over publication of a news alleging that an office-bearer of PFI has been arrested by the Kerala Police in the alleged murder of a RSS worker S Sanjith.Civil Judge Chitranshi Arora has issued summons in the suit while posting the matter for further...

State Cannot Dictate What Decisions Can Or Cannot Be Taken By A Public Trust: Supreme Court

On Friday, the Supreme Court held that self-governed organisations, such as public trusts, cannot be subjected to overarching state control in derogation of principles of autonomy and democratic decision making. The Apex Court was of the view that public control cannot be expanded even by law, to the extent that it renders freedom of association, envisaged in Article 19(1)(g) of...

"Moral Policing Not Allowed": Madhya Pradesh HC Orders Release Of Adult Woman Who Willingly Converted Religion & Married Muslim Man

Deciding a Habeas Corpus petition, the High Court of Madhya Pradesh upheld the constitutional right of major persons to stay together, either by way of marriage or live-in relationship. Justice Nandita Dubey was essentially dealing with a petition moved by a husband who alleged that the parents of his wife have forcibly taken her to Banaras and have illegally detained her. The...

Exclusion Of Female Dependents From Consideration For Compassionate Appointment Violative Of Art. 14: Chhattisgarh High Court Reiterates

The Chhattisgarh High Court has recently held that a clause in an agreement under Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, which only entitled a male dependent for compensatory recruitment, should be read in such a manner that it includes female dependents also. A Division Bench of Chief Justice Arup Kumar Goswami and Justice N.K.Chandravanshi noted,"It is apparent that clause 9.5.0(iii) of the NCWA-IV...

Bombay High Court Refuses To Stall Release Of Web Series "Mission to Pakistan"

The Bombay High Court has refused to stall the release of a web series tentatively called "Mission to Pakistan" by denying ad-interim relief in a case involving copyright over the "initial concept" as well as production agreement for the series.The court was hearing an interim application in a commercial suit by Solflicks Filmworks Pvt Ltd (SFPL) against Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd...

Commercial Suits - Time Limit Of 120 Days For Filing Written Statements Not Mandatory For Written Statements To Counter Claims: Madras High Court

"...such cases will be governed only by the time period fixed by the Court under Order VIII Rule 6 A(3) of CPC after passing appropriate orders", the court clarified.

Service Recruitment| Appeal Against Medical Exam Report May Be Filed On Same Day, Review Board Not For Giving Time To Rectify Ineligibility: Delhi HC

The Delhi High Court recently held that merely because the Petitioner was not granted 15 days' gap between his Detailed Medical Examination and Review Medical Examination for recruitment in the Police force, it cannot be said that there was any fault in the procedure adopted.The Petitioner, a CAPF aspirant, had claimed that even though candidates are granted 15 days period to the candidate...

High Courts With Original Civil Jurisdiction Can Also Execute Foreign Decrees Under Section 44A of CPC : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court held that a High Court of Delhi, having original civil jurisdiction, can entertain a petition for executing a money decree(in excess of Rs.20 lakhs)of a foreign Court which is notified as a superior Court of reciprocating territory under Section 44A of the Code of Civil Procedure.The term "District Court" referred under Section 44A of the Code refers to the local limits of...

Offence Committed Within A 'Reserved Forest' Area: Chhattisgarh High Court Refuses Bail To 4 Accused Of Hunting Female Sambar Deer

The Chhattisgarh High Court has recently refused to grant bail to four men arrested on the charges of killing a female Sambar Deer in the reserved forests of Chhattisgarh. Justice Narendra Kumar Vyas observed that the place of offence is a reserved forest that falls within Section 51(1A) of the Wildlife Protection Act; thus, the alleged offense is non-bailable. He noted, "Therefore, it is...