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Jhar HC | Hearing delinquent employee necessary where disciplinary authority defers from finding of enquiry officer

Jharkhand High Court: Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J. quashed the order which inflicted the punishment of non-payment of the salary of petitioner for

Case Briefs High Courts

MP HC | Without regularization, held, permanent employees will only receive minimum of the pay-scale but no increments

Madhya Pradesh High Court: G.S. Ahluwalia, J., directed the respondents to give the benefits of a classified permanent employee to the petitioner.

Case Briefs High Courts

Pat HC | Daughter, solely dependent on her deceased father, granted job on compassionate grounds

Patna High Court: Ashutosh Kumar, J. directed the petitioner to make a representation before the municipal corporation to be considered for appointment

Case Briefs High Courts

Utt HC | Voluntarily depriving husband of wife’s company and comfort of matrimonial life amounts to cruelty; Divorce granted

Uttaranchal High Court: A Division Bench of Sudhanshu Dhulia and Narayan Singh Dhanik, JJ. contemplated the special appeals preferred against the judgment

Case Briefs High Courts

Ker HC | Chargesheet cannot be quashed prior to the conclusion of departmental enquiry, merely on the ground that facts stated in the charge are erroneous

Kerala High Court: A Division Bench of C.T. Ravikumar and V.G. Arun, JJ. dismissed a petition seeking quashing of disciplinary proceedings on

Case Briefs High Courts

Guj HC | PIL against slum rehabilitation scheme rejected as it was creating undue hurdle for slum-dwellers

Gujarat High Court: A Division Bench of S.R. Brahmbhatt and A.P. Thaker, JJ. dismissed a PIL filed by the petitioner. The applicant

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Maintain ‘Aadhaar-like’ secrecy for Assam NRC Data: SC to Centre

Supreme Court: The bench of Ranjan Gogoi, CJ and RF Nariman, J has refused to re-open the National Register of Citizens (NRC)

Case Briefs High Courts

All HC | Conviction for child labour reversed as age of alleged child labourers could not be proved as required by Child Labour Rules

Allahabad High Court: Rajeev Misra, J. while allowing the criminal revision set aside the conviction and sentence awarded to the revisionist passed

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

SAT | Director can only be prosecuted on sufficient evidence of his active role or where statutory regime attracts vicarious liability

Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT): Coram of Justice Tarun Agarwala (Presiding Officer), Dr C.K.G. Nair (Member), and Justice M.T. Joshi (Judicial Member), quashed an

Case Briefs High Courts

Utt HC | Precondition of appeal under CGST Act must be payment of the demanded tax and 10% of the disputed amount

Uttaranchal High Court: A Division Bench of Ramesh Ranganathan, CJ and Alok Kumar Verma, J. entertained a special appeal filed against the

Case Briefs High Courts

Jhar HC | Recasting of issue after conclusion of trial denied, held it is being done to delay proceedings

Jharkhand High Court: Sujit Narayan Prasad, J., dismissed the present petition filed by the petitioner and denied the recasting of issues at

Case Briefs High Courts

Guj HC | Division Bench upholds Single Bench’s order to allow a student to convert from full-time M.Tech course to part-time course

Gujarat High Court: A Division Bench of S.R. Brahmbhatt and Dr A.P. Thaker, JJ. did not interfere with the order passed by

Case Briefs High Courts

Raj HC | Merely on account of widowhood a candidate cannot be granted benefits for appointment at Elementary Education

Rajasthan High Court: Arun Bhansali, J. disposed of a petition challenging the order of rejection of her candidature for Elementary School. In

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

SAT | Penalty imposed on appellants for violation of SCRA waived off by BSE; matter remanded for fresh adjudication

Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT), Mumbai: Coram of Justice Tarun Agarwala, (Presiding Officer), Dr C.K.G. Nair (Member), and Justice M.T. Joshi, (Judicial Member) directed

Case Briefs High Courts

Pat HC | Court reiterates that it has no role to play while investigation by police is still underway

Patna High Court: Ashwani Kumar Singh, J. dismissed an application for the quashing of FIR by the petitioner under Articles 226 and

Case Briefs High Courts

P&H HC | Discrimination with regard to pay held is in violation of Arts. 14 & 16; salary & allowances for period of vacations allowed

Punjab and Haryana High Court: Arun Monga J., allowed the application for the payment of the pay and allowances when petitioner was

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Guj HC | Unabsorbed depreciation could be carried forward up to maximum period of 8 years from the year in which it was first computed

Gujarat High Court: A Division Bench of J.B. Pardiwala and A.C. Rao, JJ. dismissed a tax appeal filed under Section 260-A of

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Jhar HC | Hearing delinquent employee necessary where disciplinary authority defers from finding of enquiry officer

MP HC | Without regularization, held, permanent employees will only receive minimum of the pay-scale but no increments

Pat HC | Daughter, solely dependent on her deceased father, granted job on compassionate grounds

Utt HC | Voluntarily depriving husband of wife’s company and comfort of matrimonial life amounts to cruelty; Divorce granted

Ker HC | Chargesheet cannot be quashed prior to the conclusion of departmental enquiry, merely on the ground that facts stated in the charge are erroneous

Guj HC | PIL against slum rehabilitation scheme rejected as it was creating undue hurdle for slum-dwellers

Maintain ‘Aadhaar-like’ secrecy for Assam NRC Data: SC to Centre

All HC | Conviction for child labour reversed as age of alleged child labourers could not be proved as required by Child Labour Rules

SAT | Director can only be prosecuted on sufficient evidence of his active role or where statutory regime attracts vicarious liability

Utt HC | Precondition of appeal under CGST Act must be payment of the demanded tax and 10% of the disputed amount

Jhar HC | Recasting of issue after conclusion of trial denied, held it is being done to delay proceedings

Guj HC | Division Bench upholds Single Bench’s order to allow a student to convert from full-time M.Tech course to part-time course

Raj HC | Merely on account of widowhood a candidate cannot be granted benefits for appointment at Elementary Education

SAT | Penalty imposed on appellants for violation of SCRA waived off by BSE; matter remanded for fresh adjudication

Pat HC | Court reiterates that it has no role to play while investigation by police is still underway

P&H HC | Discrimination with regard to pay held is in violation of Arts. 14 & 16; salary & allowances for period of vacations allowed

Big relief for homebuyers as SC upholds the validity of the 2018 Amendments to IBC

Ori HC | Delay in lodging FIR in rape cases cannot be used as a ground against prosecution’s case

SAT | Additional affidavit filed after disposal of appeal cannot form part of the memo of appeal

Guj HC | Unabsorbed depreciation could be carried forward up to maximum period of 8 years from the year in which it was first computed