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Public Sector Enterprise Can't Initiate Disciplinary Action Against Retired Employee If Rules Don't Expressly Enable It : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Tuesday (January 6) ruled that a public-sector corporation cannot initiate or continue disciplinary proceedings against an employee after retirement in the absence of an express enabling provision in its service regulations. A bench of Justices JK Maheshwari and Vijay Bishnoi quashed the post-retirement disciplinary action taken against a former employee of the...
'Coming Soon' Posters Are Ads, Bihar RERA Slaps ₹1 Lakh Cost On Developer For Advertising Unregistered Project
The Bihar Real Estate Regulatory Authority has held that even “Coming Soon” banners, pamphlets and site notice boards amount to advertising under the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act. It, therefore imposed a Rs 1 lakh penalty on PRU-RLDA Projects Pvt. Ltd. for promoting an unregistered project. In an order dated December 24, 2025, Inquiry Commissioner Sanjaya Kumar Singh...
Accused Under NDPS Act Can't Be Declared Proclaimed Offender; Only 'Proclaimed Person' U/S 82 CrPC: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has held that an accused booked under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act cannot be declared a “Proclaimed Offender” under Section 82 CrPC.Justice Neena Bansal Krishna reasoned that a person can be declared as a Proclaimed Offender only in respect of the offences specifically provided under Section 82(4) CrPC. For all other offences, the person...
NGT Imposes ₹1 Lakh Cost On Ministry Of Urban Development For Non-Appearance, Warns Against Delaying Environmental Adjudication
The National Green Tribunal (NGT), Principal Bench, has imposed exemplary costs of ₹1 lakh on the Ministry of Urban Development (MoUD) for its continued non-appearance despite due service of notice, observing that environmental proceedings cannot be treated as ordinary adversarial litigation where government authorities may choose to remain absent.Justice Arun Kumar Tyagi, Dr A. Senthil Vel...
UAPA | Punjab & Haryana High Court Grants Default Bail In Alleged Terrorism Case, Condones 1415-Day Delay
The Punjab & Haryana High Court has granted default bail to an accused in an alleged terrorism case registered under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, while condoning an extraordinary delay of 1415 days in filing the statutory appeal, primarily on the ground of parity with a co-accused who had earlier secured identical relief from the Supreme Court and the...
Judges Of Constitutional Courts Not Liable Under Section 16 Contempt Of Courts Act: Kerala High Court
In a recent judgment, the Kerala High Court dismissed a plea challenging Sections 2(c) (i), 14, 16 and 17(5) of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971.The Division Bench of Chief Justice Nitin Jamdar and Justice S. Manu also refused to declare that Section 16 was applicable to judges of the superior courts, and that Section 17(5) has to be read along with the constitutional guarantee of right...
Ad-Hoc Promotion Beyond Prescribed Quota Confers No Right To Seniority Or Service Benefits: Himachal Pradesh High Court
The Himachal Pradesh High Court dismissed a writ petition, holding that when ad-hoc promotion is clearly beyond the 15% quota and therefore not in accordance with the Recruitment and Promotion Rules no consequential service benefits can be given. Justice Ranjan Sharma remarked that: “Once the adhoc promotion given to the petitioner was beyond or in excess of 15% quota… therefore, the...
Delhi High Court Stays Order Against Indian Firm Making Irrigation Valves In Patent Dispute With Israel Company
The Delhi High Court on Monday stayed an order that had restrained an Indian irrigation equipment maker from selling its “Hydromat Valve”, which was earlier held to prima facie infringe a patent owned by an Israel-based company. A Division Bench of Justice C Hari Shankar and Justice Om Prakash Shukla pronounced the judgment on January 5, 2026, while deciding an appeal filed by...
Supreme Court Frowns Upon Practice Of Rich Accused Raising Constitutional Challenges To Avoid Trial
The Supreme Court today frowned upon the plea by a lawyer challenging S. 44(1)(c) of the PMLA and observed it to be an attempt to 'bypass the system' by 'affluent persons' facing trial in relation to the AugustaWestland Scam. The bench of CJI Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi was hearing a writ petition filed by lawyer Gautam Khaitan challenging the validity of S. 44(1)(c) of the...