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Supreme Court Protects Rank And Pay Of Rajasthan Principal District Judge Who Was Transferred 7 Times In 4 Years
The Supreme Court protected the substantive rank, pay, and administrative status of a Rajasthan Principal District Judge who has faced seven transfers since 2021 and has now been posted as the Presiding Officer of a Labour Court-cum-Industrial Tribunal.A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi granted the relief to Dinesh Kumar Gupta, a Principal District Judge in...
Decree Holder Can't Defeat Compromise Or Trigger Execution By Refusing To Accept Judgment Debtor's Cheque: MP High Court
The Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that a decree holder cannot frustrate the terms of a compromise decree or trigger execution proceedings by deliberately refusing to accept or encash a cheque tendered by the judgment debtor in lawful satisfaction of the decree. The bench of Justice Alok Awasthi held that where a compromise decree does not prescribe any specific mode of payment, interest...
Supreme Court Extends Deadline For Bar Council Of Uttar Pradesh Election Till February 2
The Supreme Court on Thursday extended the deadline for conducting the elections of the Bar Council of Uttar Pradesh for the Prayagraj district till February 2, 2026.A Bench comprising the Chief Justice of India and Justice Joymalya Bagchi passed the order after an interlocutory application seeking extension of time was orally mentioned before the Court.The application was filed on behalf of ...
The Illegality Of US Strike On Venezuela
After a large-scale strike in Venezuela, US troops captured the President along with his wife, accusing them of running a 'narco terrorist organisation'. A longstanding, strained relationship between the two states cannot serve as justification for unilateral military action. This conduct of abduction of a foreign leader was unprecedented and wholly unprovoked (unlike the Panama invasion, which was in response to attacks on American military personnel in Panama) and amounts to a clear violation...
Demolition Of Private Property Must Be Based On Clear Statutory Grounds & Consideration Of All Factors : Supreme Court
Holding that a demolition order affecting property rights under Article 300-A of the Constitution must be founded on clear, cogent, and site-specific evidence of illegality, the Supreme Court on Thursday (January 29) set aside the Calcutta High Court's direction to demolish a fully constructed residential building in Santiniketan, after finding that no material had been placed on record...
Supreme Court Reserves Orders In Stray Dogs Case; Asks AWBI To Expedite Centres' Applications For Recognition
While reserving orders in the stray dogs case, the Supreme Court today asked the Animal Welfare Board of India to expeditiously decide applications filed by local organizations seeking recognition to carry out animal welfare programmes like sterilization."The only request to AWBI is whatever applications are pending, you must process them with expedience. Either you reject them within a...
Permission To Cultivate Non-Paddy Crops Doesn't Authorise Land Conversion Or Tenure Change: Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court has held that an order issued under Clause 7 of the Kerala Land Utilisation Order, 1967 (KLU Order), even if it permits cultivation of crops other than paddy, cannot be construed as permission under Clause 6(2) for conversion of land or for alteration of land tenure in revenue recordsJustice P M Manoj was delivering a judgment in a writ petition in which the...
Supreme Court Annual Digest 2025: Labour Laws
Administrative order punishing a delinquent employee - Certain generic principles governing interference with orders of punishment that are passed following inquiry proceedings have evolved over a period of time. Law is well settled that an administrative order punishing a delinquent employee is not ordinarily subject to correction in judicial review because the disciplinary authority...