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Jharkhand High Court| Date of application or Date of death – From when is the monetary compensation on account of death of an employee to be paid?

    Jharkhand High Court: S.N. Pathak, J., allowed the writ petition directing Central Coalfields Limited (‘CCL') to modify the monetary compensation

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Centre notifies appointment of Additional Judge, Pradeep Kumar Srivastava of Jharkhand HC

President appoints Pradeep Kumar Srivastava, to be an Additional Judge of the Jharkhand High Court, for a period of two years with

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Does Lokayukta have power to pass directions upon disciplinary authority to take action against erring officials? Jharkhand HC elaborates in light of Jharkhand Lokayukta Act, 2001

Jharkhand High Court: Sujit Narayan Prasad, J., addresses a very pertinent question of whether the Jharkhand Lokayukta Act, 2001 provides power for

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Supreme Court Collegium reiterates its earlier recommendation for elevation of 1 Judicial Officer as Judge in Jharkhand HC

Supreme Court Collegium has, on reconsideration, resolved to reiterate its earlier recommendation for the elevation of Shri Pradeep Kumar Srivastava, Judicial Officer

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Patna, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Madhya Pradesh High Courts gets New Judges

Appointment of Two Judges [Patna High Court] President appoints Nawneet Kumar Pandey and Sunil Kumar Panwar to be the Judges of Patna

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Jhar HC | “Duty of Forest Guards is to guard not only forest but also animals”; HC emphasises on need to protect fauna along with flora

Jharkhand High Court: The Division Bench of Ravi Ranjan, CJ., and Sujit Narayan Prasad, J., addressed the disturbing incident pertaining to death

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Jhar HC | Mere holding ticket for passenger train will not suffice purpose to declare deceased not a bonafide passenger under S. 2 (29) in a benevolent legislation like Railways Act, 1989; Contrary evidence must

Jharkhand High Court: Kailash Prasad Deo J. allowed the appeal and directed respondent-Railway to pay a sum of Rs 8 Lacs in

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SC Collegium approves proposal for elevation of 5 Judicial Officers as Judges of Jharkhand HC

Elevation of 5 Judicial Officers as Judges in Jharkhand High Court Supreme Court Collegium has approved the proposal for elevation of the

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Jhar HC | “Look into the security measures of the court premises of each and every Judgeship of the State of Jharkhand”; Suo motu cognizance taken in Judge Uttam Anand Death case

Jharkhand High Court: A Division Bench of Dr Ravi Ranjan, CJ and Sujit Narayan Prasad, J., took suo motu cognizance to monitor

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Jha HC | Permission for Rath Yatra Puja in the month of July in Jharkhand sought; Directed to take its own decision in view of SC ruling

Jharkhand High Court: The Division Bench of Dr Ravi Ranjan, CJ and Sujit Narayan Prasad, J., directed State to decide to conduct

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Jhar HC | 10 % EWS reservation; Can it be invoked retrospectively? HC clarifies

Jharkhand High Court: In an interesting case Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J., had held that the 10% reservation to Economically Weaker Sections cannot

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Jhar HC | Employees of Telco Recreation Club cannot claim parity in pay with employees of Telco Ltd.; HC quashes Labour Court’s order

Jharkhand High Court: S.N.Pathak, J., held that the employees of Telco Recreation Club cannot claim parity in pay and other benefits at

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Jhar HC | Will a person claiming to be 41 years 11 months and 30 days of age be qualified for a post which prescribes upper age limit of 42 years? HC explains

Jharkhand High Court: Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J., heard the instant petition whereby the petitioner had requested for quashing the order dated 05-12-2018

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Jhar HC | [Galudih Barrage Irrigation Project] HC upholds arbitral award after certain modifications; explains principles of adjustment, counterclaim and set off 

Jharkhand High Court: The Division Bench comprising of Aparesh Kumar Singh and  Anubha Rawat Choudhary, JJ., heard the instant Commercial Appeal challenging

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Jhar HC | Right to establish linguistic and religious institutions under Art. 29 & 30 includes the Right of appointing teachers; order directing absorption set aside

Jharkhand High Court: Anubha Rawat Choudhary J., while setting aside the impugned order, reiterated, “…once the institute is recognized as a minority

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Jhar HC | No discrimination to be made if the nature of job is same and performance are same or similar, Principle of ‘equal pay for equal work’ applied

Jharkhand High Court: S. N Pathak J., upheld the award applying the principle of equal pay for equal work.  The facts of

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Jharkhand HC | Appointment of 2 Additional Judges as Permanent Judges– Notified

President appoints S/Shri Justices (1) Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi and (2) Deepak Roshan, Additional Judges of the Jharkhand High Court, to be Judges

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SC Collegium approves appointment of Additional Judges of Jharkhand HC as Permanent

Collegium Statement Supreme Court Collegium has approved the proposal for appointment of following Additional Judges of Jharkhand High Court as Permanent Judges

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Jharkhand High Court notifies the cancellation of Summer Vacation

Jharkhand High Court notifies the cancellation of Summer Vacation from 18-05-2020 to 06-06-2020. Jharkhand High Court [Notification dt. 07-05-2020]

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Justice Anant Bijay Singh of Jharkhand HC has resigned from the office of Judge

Resignation of Justice Anant Bijay Singh  Justice Anant Bijay Singh has tendered his resignation from the office of Judge, Jharkhand High Court,