Rajasthan High Court issues directives to curb practice of proxy teaching in Govt. schools
“The quality of education imparted to the future citizens of the nation depends upon the quality of teachers, who are appointed to teach them.”
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Calcutta High Court affirms legality of disciplinary proceedings; Emphasises limited scope of Judicial Review
Calcutta High Court found no violation of natural justice and emphasised that it cannot re-appreciate evidence in the exercise of judicial review.
Calcutta High Court quashes Disciplinary proceeding against Visva-Bharati University’s Professor over alleged failure to address student agitation
Calcutta High Court observed that there exists lack of correlation between evidence and charges, failure to address the petitioner’s defense, and overlooking crucial factors.
Applying reduced commutation factor without considering corresponding basic pay is contrary to CCS (Commutation of Pension) Rules, 1981: Delhi High Court
“The Tribunal apparently failed to appreciate that the calculations made by the respondents overlooked proviso (b) to Rule 6 as well as Rule 8 of the Central Civil Services (Commutation of Pension) Rules, 1981 and commutation value expressed as number of years of purchase, prejudicial to the petitioner cannot be applied.”
HIGH COURTS JULY 2023 WEEKLY ROUNDUP| Stories on Rights of HIV Patients; 2002 Godhra Riots; WB Teachers’ Recruitment Scam and many more| SCC Blog
A quick legal roundup to cover important stories from all High Courts this week.
Recognised institution’s employee can’t be terminated without prior approval of Director of Education; Supreme Court reiterates
Supreme Court said that prior approval of the Director of Education is mandatory as per Section 18 of the Rajasthan Non-Governmental Educational Institutions Act, 1989, on termination after the disciplinary proceedings.
HP HC | Failure to reply to show cause without reasonable delay to be considered as allegation impliedly admitted
Himachal Pradesh High Court: Ajay Mohan Goel J., dismissed the petition being devoid of merits. The facts of the case are that
Utt HC | Bar on Class-IV employee for engaging an Advocate as defence representative in a disciplinary proceeding
Uttaranchal High Court: Manoj K. Tiwari, J. contemplated a writ petition filed against the impugned order, where the request of the petitioner
Tri HC | Initiating disciplinary proceedings after long lapse of time puts question mark to fairness of authority concerned
Tripura High Court: Arindam Lodh, J., while highly depreciating the conduct of the State Public Works Department, directed it to conclude the disciplinary
High level of discipline imperative in the Police Forces; absconding on various occasions cannot be accepted: Patna HC
Patna High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of Mohit Kumar Shah, J. dismissed a writ petition on grounds of petitioner being
Mere existence of disciplinary proceeding no reason for denying information
Central Information Commission: The appellant had requested the following information regarding the disciplinary case against him, from the CPIO, Dept. Of Posts: 1.
Departmental proceedings cannot be suspended indefinitely or delayed unduly due to the pendency of the criminal case
Supreme Court: In the matter where the Court was deciding the question as to whether disciplinary proceedings can be initiated before the