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Delhi High Court Rejects MCD's Appeal Against ₹1 Lakh Compensation To Safai Karmchari For Illegal Termination, But Denies Reinstatement
The Delhi High Court has dismissed cross-petitions filed by the North Delhi Municipal Corporation (MCD) and a Safai Karamchari and thus, upheld an Industrial Tribunal award granting ₹1 lakh retrenchment compensation for illegal termination. The HC, however, declined the workman's plea for reinstatement with back wages.Justice Manoj Kumar Ohri noted that the termination of the Safai...
2000 Red Fort Attack | Supreme Court Issues Notice On Curative Petition Filed By LeT Militant Against Death Penalty
The Supreme Court on Thursday issued notice on a curative petition filed by Lashkar-e-Taiba militant Mohd. Arif, who was sentenced to death in the 2000 Red Fort attack case.A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant, Justice Vikram Nath and Justice JK Maheshwari issued notice on the curative petition challenging the November 2022 judgment of the Supreme Court which had affirmed the death penalty...
Order VI Rule 17 CPC | 'Due Diligence' Test Not Mandatory For Every Amendment Of Plaint Sought After Trial Commences: Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court (Dharwad bench) has held that amendment of plaint under Order VI Rule 17 CPC is permitted even after commencement of trial despite non fulfilment of due diligence test, adding that the test does not have universal application and in appropriate cases such amendment is permitted. Justice Anant Ramnath Hegde was hearing a plea challenging the petitioners...
High Court Dismisses Plea Challenging Appointment Of Haryana AG
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has dismissed a petition challenging the appointment of the Advocate General of Haryana, holding that once the constitutional eligibility under Article 165 of the Constitution is satisfied, allegations of impropriety or desirability are beyond the limited scope of quo warranto jurisdiction.The Court noted that a bare perusal of Article 165 of the...
Preventive Detention Illegal If In-Camera Witness Statements Not Verified Before Proposal Under Dangerous Activities Act: Bombay High Court
In a significant judgment, the Bombay High Court held that Preventive Detention is a 'punishment without a trial' and thus, a detention proposal made by a sponsoring authority without prior verification of the in-camera witness statements is materially defective and illegal and such a detention order cannot sustain in law. A division bench of Justice Ajay Gadkari and Justice Ranjitsinha...
Unhygienic, Stinking Washrooms And Poor In-Flight Facilities: Delhi Consumer Commission Holds Air India Liable For Deficiency In Service
The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission–VI, New Delhi, comprising Ms. Poonam Chaudhry (President) and Mr. Shekhar Chandra (Member), has held Air India liable for deficiency in service for providing substandard facilities during a long-haul international flight, thereby causing mental agony and harassment to the passengers. Brief Facts: The complainant and his daughter...
Madras High Court Appoints Retired Judge To Supervise Allotment Of Shops At Marina Beach
The Madras High Court has appointed retired high court judge to supervise the allotment of shops at the Marina beach in an attempt to reduce the number of hawkers at the beach. The bench of Justice R Suresh Kumar and Justice AD Jagadish Chandira appointed Justice N Paul Vasanthakumar, former Chief Justice of Jammu and Kashmir High Court to act as the monitoring authority for...
Supreme Court Annual Digest 2025: Arbitration And Conciliation Act
Arbitration A non-signatory to an arbitration agreement cannot be permitted to remain present in arbitration proceedings, as it would breach confidentiality and exceed the Court's jurisdiction after appointing an arbitrator - Section 35 of the 1996 Act states that an award binds only parties to the arbitration and those claiming under them - 'Party' is defined by section 2(h) as...
AKG Centre Row: Kerala High Court Seeks State's Stand On Kerala University Ex-Registrar's Plea Alleging CPI(M)'s Encroachment Of Varsity Land
The Kerala High Court on Thursday (January 22) directed the State to file a counter responding to the public interest litigation preferred by Kerala University ex-Joint Registrar, challenging the assignment of the University's land to AKG Centre for Research and Studies in the year 1977.In the plea, it is mentioned that though only 15 cents is stated to have been assigned by the government...
Pujari Has No Proprietary Right Over Temple Land, Can't Claim Adverse Possession: Gujarat High Court
The Gujarat High Court dismissed a temple priest's appeal against an order rejecting his claim for adverse possession over the religious structure situated on a public access road, holding that a priest had no proprietary right over the land was only "servant to a deity" and thus could not make such a claim. Justice JC Doshi was hearing a dispute which arose from a civil suit filed by...
Inadvertent Error In Recruitment Notice Doesn't Create Vested Right To Appointment When No Vacancy Exists: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has set aside an order of the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) which had directed the appointment of a candidate on the basis of an erroneous recruitment advertisement where no actual vacancy existed for the reserved category.A division bench of Justices Anil Kshetarpal and Amit Mahajan held that a mistake in the notification cannot create a vested right to...