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Supreme Court March 2022 Roundup: Notice to BCI on All India Bar Exam; Discrimination of women, disabled persons at workplace; POCSO and more

“Women are subject to a patriarchal mindset that regards them as primary caregivers and homemakers and thus, they are burdened with

Appointments & Transfers News

Justice Sanjaya Kumar Mishra of Uttaranchal HC appointed as Acting CJ of Uttaranchal High Court

Justice Sanjaya Kumar Mishra, senior-most Judge of the Uttaranchal High Court, to perform his duties of the office of the Chief Justice

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Determination of Pension to be governed by the rule as it existed at the time of joining or the rule in force at the time of retirement? SC answers

“Discrimination, which is not based on any reasonable classification, is violative of all canons of equality enshrined in the Constitution of India.”

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Kashmiri migrants can’t retain Government accommodation for indefinite period after retirement: Supreme Court

The compassion shown to Kashmiri Migrants has to be balanced with the expectations of the serving officers to discharge their duties effectively.

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Can an officer of the department, appointed as sole arbitrator, continue the arbitration proceedings after his retirement? SC answers

Supreme Court: The bench of MR Shah* and AS Bopanna, JJ has held that once an officer of the department is appointed

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Is there a cut-off date under Para 11(3) of the Employees’ Pension Scheme? Larger bench to decide. Read why RC Gupta verdict needs to be re-visited

Supreme Court: The bench of UU Lalit and Ajay Rastogi, JJ has referred the question as to whether there would be a

Know thy Judge

A Multifaceted Expert — Justice Rohinton Fali Nariman

by Sucheta Sarkar†

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A Winner All Along – Justice Indu Malhotra

by Sucheta Sarkar†

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

AFT| Policy of retiring Group Captain (Time Scale) at the age of 54 years instead of 57 years creates a subclass within the same class of equals and is violative of Arts. 14 and 16 of the Constitution

Armed Forces Tribunal: The Division Bench of Justice S.V.S. Rathore (Chairperson) and Air Marshal BBP Sinha (Member) A, partly allowed the instant

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

AFT | Individual retiring by superannuation, found suffering from disability attributable to/aggravated by military service, is entitled to benefit of rounding off of disability pension. Tribunal states

Armed Forces Tribunal (AFT): The Division Bench of Justice Umesh Chandra Srivastava (Chairperson) and Vice Admiral Abhay Raghunath Karve (Member) allowed an

Case Briefs High Courts

All HC | Excess payment cannot be recovered from gratuity of pensioner; U.P. Govt. directed to release forfeited gratuity with interest

Allahabad High Court: While deciding the petition in favour of the petitioner, Manish Kumar, J., prohibited the U.P. Government from adjusting the

Op Eds OP. ED.

Retirement of a Partner and Dissolution of a Firm

by Achal Gupta*

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Bidding adieu to the 6th woman Judge of the Supreme Court, Justice R. Banumathi on her retirement

Suchita Shukla, Legal Editor has put this story together

Legislation Updates Notifications

Retirement of Government Servants on 31st March, 2020

In view of the unprecedented situation arising out of country-wide lockdown declared by the Government consequent to the outbreak of COVID-19, it

Case Briefs Supreme Court

You Can’t invalidate otherwise valid decision by virtue of exclusive superior power to amend: SC to SBI on unfair amendments in it’s VRS Scheme

Supreme Court: In a case where the 3-judge bench of Arun Mishra, BR Gavai and MR Shah, JJ was hearing a reference

Case Briefs High Courts

Megh HC | Family pension is admissible to post-retiral spouses and children born/adopted legally after retirement

Meghalaya High Court: H.S. Thangkhiew, J. directed respondents 1 and 2 to substitute the name of petitioner in place of the deceased

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

Pak SC | Interim order of a Tribunal passed without hearing the same on merits, would be believed to have never existed, if the petitioner withdraws the petition

Supreme Court of Pakistan: A Full Bench of Manzoor Ahmad Malik, Sardar Tariq Masood and Syed Mansoor Ali Shah, JJ. allowed a

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Justice Dr Arjan Kumar Sikri — Tale of “Diligence and Hardwork”

Justice Dr Arjan Kumar Sikri’s remarkable tenure of around 6 years ends as a Supreme Court Judge today i.e. 06-03-2019. “Education took

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

AFT | A junior promoted to a senior rank being pegged at a pension of his last but one rank, held fallacious; Pension enhanced

Armed Forces Tribunal (AFT): The bench of Sunita Gupta, Member (J), Lt Gen Philip Campose, Member (A), allowed an application praying for

Case Briefs High Courts

Promotion cannot be claimed as a matter of right, rather only consideration for promotion to a particular post can be asserted as a right

Jharkhand High Court: A Single Judge Bench of Pramath Patnaik, J., dismissed a writ petition filed by the petitioner, whereby he sought