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A quick legal roundup to cover important stories from all High Courts this week.
Article 311
‘Dispensing with inquiry should be an exception and not the rule’; P&H HC grants back wages to police officers who were reinstated after their dismissal
The Court observed that this was not the isolated case where the jurisdictional SSP of State had dispensed with inquiry. As soon as an FIR was registered against the police official, the jurisdictional SSPs opted to dispense with inquiry.
Tripura HC upholds discharge order of Judicial Officer, who approached Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment for his transfer
“The service rule of petitioner being a Judicial Officer is covered by Tripura Judicial Service Rules, 2003 and the ambit of Article 311 of the Constitution pertains to permanent employees and not probationer Judicial Officer.”
Contractual Appointment can’t be terminated without affording opportunity of hearing: Jammu & Kashmir & Ladakh HC reiterates
The High Court observed that terminating contractual appointments is impermissible without providing an opportunity for a hearing, particularly when the termination is grounded in allegations of misconduct that tarnish the employee’s reputation.
Centre to pay Rs. 1 Lakh compensation for improper handling of sexual harassment allegation by former RAW agent Nisha Priya Bhatia
Supreme Court: The bench of AM Khanwilkar and Dinesh Maheshwari, JJ has upheld the compulsory retirement for former RAW agent Nisha Priya
Article 311 of the Constitution applies only to civil posts, not to autonomous bodies
Delhi High Court: In the instant writ petition, the petitioner challenged the order of disciplinary authority whereby the petitioner had been inflicted the