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Compassionate appointee cannot neglect dependants

Can a compassionate appointee be legally bound to maintain the deceased employee’s dependants? Rajasthan HC Answers

Rajasthan High Court examined whether a beneficiary of compassionate appointment can be required to maintain the dependants of the deceased employee, particularly where the appointment was granted on an undertaking to support the family.

bank account freeze cyber fraud investigation

Case Briefs High Courts

Can your entire bank account be frozen over a ₹100 fraud alert? Here’s what the Rajasthan High Court Guidelines say

The Court issued guidelines stating conditions to be followed by the banks and investigating officers with respect to freezing, lien, hold, or seizure of bank accounts in cyber financial crime investigations, directing the respondents to review the restraints imposed on bank accounts in the light of given directions.

pension withheld permanently by an unreasoned order

Case Briefs High Courts

Pension Withheld Permanently Following Conviction – No Show-Cause Notice, No Opportunity of Being Heard; Rajasthan HC Quashes Unreasoned Order

“Pension is not a bounty but a valuable statutory right earned by an employee after rendering long years of service and any order resulting in deprivation or permanent withholding of pension entails serious civil consequences and requirement of hearing is not an empty ritual but a substantive safeguard to ensure fair exercise of discretion by the authority.”