Jharkhand High Court directs JPSC to pay Rs 1 lakh to a Schedule Tribe candidate who was denied employment over a fee glitch
The candidate had scored 1st rank under the Scheduled Tribe category in the Assistant Professor exam for Nagpuri language.
Letters Patent Appeal
‘Adjudication beyond jurisdiction is void’; Supreme Court sets aside Calcutta HC order for lack of jurisdiction; Stalls appointments pending disposal of WP
Supreme Court, without delving into the merits of the rival claims, set aside the impugned order on the limited ground of lack of jurisdiction and ordered a remand. Consequently, the writ petition was revived and placed back on the file of the High Court.
Letters Patent Appeal will not lie against judgment passed by Single Judge in appellate jurisdiction or against order by Court subject to superintendence of this Court: Delhi HC
The jurisdiction available to this Court under Article 227 of the Constitution is primarily in the nature of superintendence and accordingly the Letters Patent Appeal will not lie in the instant matter.
‘Reformative theory takes back seat in heinous crimes like terrorism’; J&K High Court dismisses Kashmiri separatist Ashiq Hussain Faktoo’s Remission plea
“The conditions in the Union Territory of J&K are entirely different … this part of the Country has been reeling under militancy for the last more than three decades, as such, the State is justified in dealing with the crimes relating to terrorism in a manner that is different from dealing with similar crimes in Delhi.”
Bereft senior citizen in-laws have the right to maintain peaceful possession of self-acquired property; Delhi High Court affirms eviction order of daughter-in-law
While interpreting the provisions of Senior Citizens Act, 2007, the Courts must bear the objectives and purposes for which the statute was enacted.
[RSS Route-March] Madras High Court: Single Judge cannot modify order passed in writ petition, while exercising jurisdiction under a contempt petition
Madras High Court held that that the order passed in writ petition had been fundamentally modified by the order passed in the contempt petition, the effect of which resulted in a veiled attempt to sit in judgment/appeal over the order passed in the writ petition, which is not permissible in law.
Punjab and Haryana High Court upholds appointment of candidate holding Master’s Degree in Public Administration as a Political Science Lecturer
Punjab and Haryana High Court: In a Letters Patent Appeal, filed against the order which set aside the appointment of
Jhar HC | Principles of natural justice required to be followed and cannot be waived out depending upon quantum of punishment; Reiterated mandate of natural justice in blacklisting cases
Jharkhand High Court: A Division Bench of Ravi Ranjan, CJ and Sujit Narayan Prasad, J. allowed the appeal and quashed the impugned
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
HP HC | Limitation of appeal to be kept in view while moulding the relief
Himachal Pradesh High Court: A Division Bench of Surya Kant, C.J. and Sandeep Sharma, J. dismissed a letters patent appeal finding no
Principles for applicability “res judicata among co-defendants” re-iterated: SC
Supreme Court: A Bench comprising of N.V. Ramana and M.M. Shantanagoudar, JJ., dismissed an appeal filed against the judgment of a Division