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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Appointment to a particular post cannot be claimed as a vested right, even after a candidate is selected for the said post

Madhya Pradesh High Court: A Single Judge Bench of Vivek Rusia, J., dismissed a writ petition filed by the petitioner seeking a

Published on November 6, 2018November 19, 2018By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Appointment to gazetted posts: whole and sole domain of respective public service commissions

Jammu and Kashmir High Court: A Single Judge Bench of Sanjeev Kumar, J., allowed a writ petition filed against the order of

Published on October 31, 2018November 5, 2018By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Disputes arising out of an agreement containing arbitration clause, must be settled through arbitration

Karnataka High Court: A Single judge bench comprising of Dinesh Maheshwari, J. while hearing a petition praying for the appointment of an

Published on October 26, 2018October 26, 2018By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Interim relief in nature of final order cannot be granted: Madhya Pradesh High Court

Madhya Pradesh High Court: This petition was filed before a Single Judge Bench comprising of Anand Pathak, J., filed against an order

Published on October 16, 2018October 18, 2018By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsSupreme Court

Acquittal due to hostile prosecutrix doesn’t make applicant’s character unfit for purpose of employment; matter directed to be reconsidered: SC

“Judicial service is very different from other services and the yardstick of suitability that may apply to other services, may not be

Published on October 16, 2018October 17, 2018By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsForeign Courts

Settlement Agreement set aside by virtue of which office of National Director of Public Prosecutions was vacated

Constitutional Court of South Africa: Bench comprising of Cachalia, Dlodlo, Goliath and Petse, AJ., Froneman, Jafta, Khampepe, Madlanga, and Theron, JJ., confirmed

Published on August 31, 2018December 27, 2018By Bhumika Indulia
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Case Briefs

Requirement of ‘A’ Grade in past 5 years for appointment to post of District Judge not arbitrary: Delhi HC

“High Court is the body which is intimately familiar with efficiency and quality of officers, fit to be promoted as District Judges.”

Published on August 23, 2018December 5, 2018By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsSupreme Court

SC disapproves Centre’s response on appointment of Lokpal

Supreme Court: The Bench comprising of Ranjan Gogoi, R. Banumathi and Navin Sinha JJ., expressed it’s wholly unsatisfactory view on the affidavit

Published on July 25, 2018August 2, 2018By Bhumika Indulia
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Appointments & TransfersNews

Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel appointed Chairperson, National Green Tribunal

S.O.   3325(E).— In  exercise  of the powers conferred by sub-sections (1) and (2) of Section 6 and Section 7 of the National

Published on July 7, 2018July 7, 2018By Saba
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Appointments & TransfersNews

Yuji Iwasawa elected to International Court of Justice

International Court of Justice: Japanese international law professor Yuji Iwasawa was elected a Judge of the International Court of Justice, the UN’s

Published on July 3, 2018By Saba
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Appointments & TransfersNews

Shri S. Ramesh takes over as Chairman, Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs

Shri S. Ramesh, IRS (C&CE:1981) has taken over as Chairman, Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs [CBIC], on superannuation of Smt.

Published on July 3, 2018By Saba
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Justice Thottathil Bhaskaran Nair Radhakrishnan appointed Chief Justice, Telangana & Andhra Pradesh High Court

The President in exercise of the powers conferred by clause (1) of Article 222 of the Constitution of lndia, after consultation with

Published on July 2, 2018By Saba
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Justice Meenakshi Madan Rai appointed Actg Chief Justice, Sikkim High Court

The President in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 223 of the Constitution of India, appointed Smt. Justice Meenakshi Madan Rai,

Published on July 2, 2018By Saba
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Appointments & TransfersNews

Justice Ajay Kumar Tripathi appointed Chief Justice, Chhattisgarh High Court

The President in exercise of the powers conferred by clause (1) of Article 217 of the Constitution of India, appointed Shri Justice

Published on July 2, 2018By Saba
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Hot Off The PressNews

Centre notifies new model code of rules for appointment of Judges to consumer fora

To dispose of pending consumer cases more smoothly, the Central Governement has notified a new model code of rules for appointment of

Published on July 2, 2018By Saba
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Mere filing of an appeal does not stay the order appealed against

Tripura High Court: A Division Bench comprising of Ajay Rastogi, CJ and Arindam Lodh, JJ. dismissed an intra court appeal filed against

Published on June 26, 2018July 6, 2018By Bhumika Indulia
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Appointments & TransfersNews

Appointment of Additional Judges, Chhattisgarh High Court

The President in exercise of the powers conferred by clause (1) of Article 224 of the Constitution of India, appointed (1) Shri

Published on June 20, 2018By Saba
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Compassionate appointment allowed to the sister of R&AW Indian spy detained in Pakistan jail

Gujarat High Court: A Division Bench comprising of M.R. Shah and A.Y. Kogje, JJ., decided a petition wherein Union of India was

Published on June 14, 2018June 19, 2018By Bhumika Indulia
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Appointments & TransfersNews

Shri Sharad Kumar appointed Vigilance Commissioner 

Shri Sharad Kumar (Indian Police Service, Retd., HY:1979) has been appointed as the Vigilance Commissioner in the Central Vigilance Commission, New Delhi

Published on June 11, 2018By Saba
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Case BriefsSupreme Court

Assistant Public Prosecutors cannot claim parity with Public Prosecutors in respect of age of superannuation

Supreme Court: A full court, speaking through A.M. Khanwilkar, J. for himself and Dipak Misra, CJ and Dr. D.Y.  Chandrachud, dismissed an

Published on June 9, 2018August 2, 2018By Bhumika Indulia
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