Kar HC | ‘Nurses’ cannot be categorized as ‘medical practitioners’ under Karnataka Medical Registration Act
Karnataka High Court: B. Veerappa, J. allowed a petition filed by two nurses for quashing of an order whereby they were held
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Del HC | Discrepancy of not filing “leave to defend” under Or. 37 R. 3(5) in response to summary suit could be ignored in interest of justice
Delhi High court: Vibhu Bhkaru, J. dismissed a revision petition filed under Section 115 CPC impugning an order passed by the Additional District
Continue readingP&H HC | No discrimination between grant of revisional pay scale when State had already decided to equate pay scale of certain post
Punjab and Haryana High Court: A Division Bench of Rajiv Sharma and Harinder Singh Sindhu, JJ. dismissed the writ petition on the
Continue readingMP HC | Non-filing of certificate under S. 65-B of Evidence Act on an earlier occasion can be excused if it is filed at a later stage during trial
Madhya Pradesh High Court: Rajeev Kumar Dubey, J., upheld the decision of the Trial Court and rejected a petition filed under Section
Continue readingUtt HC | ‘Comprehensive policy’ covers liability of insurer for payment of compensation in cases of car accidents; such claims are not barred by S. 167 of MV Act
Uttaranchal High Court: Sudhanshu Dhulia, J. remanded a matter pertaining to the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal and directed them to decide on
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HP HC | S. 311 CrPC not limited only for benefit of accused; Held, Court is not barred to summon witness merely because evidence supports prosecution case
Himachal Pradesh High Court: Anoop Chitkara, J. entertained a criminal revision petition filed under Section 482 CrPC for quashing of the order
Continue readingP&H HC | Bail granted on grounds of parity with co-accused and investigation qua applicant already completed
Punjab and Haryana High Court: Manoj Bajaj, J., allowed a regular bail application on the ground that the co-accused was also on
Continue readingJhar HC | Hearing delinquent employee necessary where disciplinary authority defers from finding of enquiry officer
Jharkhand High Court: Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J. quashed the order which inflicted the punishment of non-payment of the salary of petitioner for
Continue readingMP HC | Without regularization, held, permanent employees will only receive minimum of the pay-scale but no increments
Madhya Pradesh High Court: G.S. Ahluwalia, J., directed the respondents to give the benefits of a classified permanent employee to the petitioner.
Continue readingPat HC | Daughter, solely dependent on her deceased father, granted job on compassionate grounds
Patna High Court: Ashutosh Kumar, J. directed the petitioner to make a representation before the municipal corporation to be considered for appointment
Continue readingUtt HC | Voluntarily depriving husband of wife’s company and comfort of matrimonial life amounts to cruelty; Divorce granted
Uttaranchal High Court: A Division Bench of Sudhanshu Dhulia and Narayan Singh Dhanik, JJ. contemplated the special appeals preferred against the judgment
Continue readingKer HC | Chargesheet cannot be quashed prior to the conclusion of departmental enquiry, merely on the ground that facts stated in the charge are erroneous
Kerala High Court: A Division Bench of C.T. Ravikumar and V.G. Arun, JJ. dismissed a petition seeking quashing of disciplinary proceedings on
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Guj HC | PIL against slum rehabilitation scheme rejected as it was creating undue hurdle for slum-dwellers
Gujarat High Court: A Division Bench of S.R. Brahmbhatt and A.P. Thaker, JJ. dismissed a PIL filed by the petitioner. The applicant
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Maintain ‘Aadhaar-like’ secrecy for Assam NRC Data: SC to Centre
Supreme Court: The bench of Ranjan Gogoi, CJ and RF Nariman, J has refused to re-open the National Register of Citizens (NRC)
Continue readingAll HC | Conviction for child labour reversed as age of alleged child labourers could not be proved as required by Child Labour Rules
Allahabad High Court: Rajeev Misra, J. while allowing the criminal revision set aside the conviction and sentence awarded to the revisionist passed
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SAT | Director can only be prosecuted on sufficient evidence of his active role or where statutory regime attracts vicarious liability
Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT): Coram of Justice Tarun Agarwala (Presiding Officer), Dr C.K.G. Nair (Member), and Justice M.T. Joshi (Judicial Member), quashed an
Continue readingUtt HC | Precondition of appeal under CGST Act must be payment of the demanded tax and 10% of the disputed amount
Uttaranchal High Court: A Division Bench of Ramesh Ranganathan, CJ and Alok Kumar Verma, J. entertained a special appeal filed against the
Continue readingJhar HC | Recasting of issue after conclusion of trial denied, held it is being done to delay proceedings
Jharkhand High Court: Sujit Narayan Prasad, J., dismissed the present petition filed by the petitioner and denied the recasting of issues at
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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
Continue readingRaj HC | Merely on account of widowhood a candidate cannot be granted benefits for appointment at Elementary Education
Rajasthan High Court: Arun Bhansali, J. disposed of a petition challenging the order of rejection of her candidature for Elementary School. In
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