Doctors Are Not Regular Workers, Hospitals Can't Restrain Them From Joining Other Hospitals: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court has recently observed that a hospital cannot treat the doctors working with it as normal employees or restrain them from taking up employment at other hospitals post resignation. "A doctor is an independent professional, who cannot be stopped from rendering his services wherever he wants to and also cannot be stopped from attending to patients just because those...

'Approach Union To Get RP Act Amended' : Supreme Court To Petitioner Opposing Aadhaar Use In SIR

The Supreme Court on Tuesday orally told a petitioner, who opposed the use of the Aadhaar card to establish identity in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process, that so long as the Representation of the People Act 1950 allowed the use of Aadhaar, the Court had to accept it.If the petitioner is concerned about widespread use of fake Aadhaar cards, then he should approach the Union...

2002 Gujarat Riots: High Court Upholds Murder Acquittal Of Two, Cites State's Failure To Prove Where Body Was Recovered From

The Gujarat High Court has upheld the acquittal of two in a murder case connected to the 2002 post Godhra train burning communal riots, finding that the prosecution's case was riddled with hearsay evidence, material contradictions in eyewitness testimony, as well as the failure to establish where dead body was recovered from. Pointing out these infirmities, the Division Bench comprising...

Retrospective Regularisation Shall Not Confer Seniority: Gauhati HC

A Division Bench of the Gauhati High Court comprising Justice Michael Zothankhuma and Justice Kaushik Goswami held that seniority as a graduate teacher can be counted only from the date when the teacher possessed both the Graduate qualification and received the Graduate scale of pay. Further, the retrospective regularization cannot confer retrospective seniority. Background Facts...

Fixed-Term Appointments Made Through Due Process Are Not “Backdoor Entries”: Himachal Pradesh High Court

The Himachal Pradesh High Court dismissed a writ petition challenging the regularisation policy of Fixed Tenure Appointees in Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam Limited, holding that appointments made through a transparent and competitive process could not be characterised as “backdoor entries” merely because they were initially for a fixed term.A Division Bench of Justice Vivek Singh Thakur and...

Supreme Court Stays Kerala HC Judgment Stopping State Govt's 'Nava Kerala Citizen Response Program'

The Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed the Kerala High Court's decision which restrained the State Government from carrying out the "Nava Kerala Citizens Response Program", which was a scheme envisaged to spread awareness about Government's schemes and get the feedback from the citizens.A bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi passed the interim order...

Refusing Marriage Citing Kundli Mismatch After Physical Relations, Repeated Assurances Attract S.69 BNS: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has observed that refusing marriage citing kundli mismatch after establishing physical relations and repeated assurances of marriage attracts Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.Section 69 BNS criminalizes sexual intercourse achieved through deceitful means.Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma refused to grant regular bail to a man accused of establishing sexual relations with a woman...

"Consensual Relationship, No Intention To Prosecute": Telangana High Court Quashes FIR U/S 69 BNS

The Telangana High Court, in a recent judgement, has quashed criminal proceedings registered under Sections 69 and 318(4) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (BNS), observing that continuation of the case would amount to abuse of process of law where the de facto complainant stated that she did not intend to prosecute the accused and had amicably resolved the dispute.Justice Tirumala Devi...

'Kerala Lives In Total Harmony, Movie Has Wrong Portrayal' : Kerala High Court On 'The Kerala Story 2' Film

The Kerala High Court has sought the Centre's stand today itself on whether a screening of the film 'Kerala Story 2: Goes Beyond' can be arranged before it decides the pleas challenging its Censor certificate for allegedly depicting the State in a bad light.On perusing the transcript of certain dialogues from the film, Justice Bechu Kurian Thomas orally remarked that while people in the...

Supreme Court Rejects OCI Cardholder's Plea To Contest Bar Council Elections

The Supreme Court yesterday rejected the plea of an Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) to contest the Bar Council elections. A bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice Vipul Pancholi rejected the argument of the petitioner that as an OCI cardholder, he is entitled to be treated as a Non-Resident Indian (NRI), and hence he was eligible to contest...

Kerala High Court Refuses To Stay Common Software Tender For Agricultural Credit Societies, But Seeks Bid Details Before Contract

The Kerala High Court has refused to stay the tender process initiated by the State government in a move to have a centralised Uniform Common Software for all Primary Agricultural Credit Societies (PACS).Justice Gopinath P. was considering a plea preferred by the Managing Committee of PACS, namely Kallettumkara Service Co-Operative Bank Ltd., registered under the Kerala Cooperative...

Treating Ad-Hoc Teachers As “Disposable Resources” Undermines Dignity Of Labour & Academic Excellence: AP High Court

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has observed that frequent engagement and disengagement of Assistant Professors (APs) on adhoc basis disrupts academic planning and directly impairs the quality of education imparted to students, who are the ultimate stakeholders in the educational process.While dealing with a case where the petitioner— an Assistant Professor with over a decade of...