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“Finance Minister approved initiation of disciplinary proceedings against IRS Officer accused of supporting Sri Lankan Tamils”; Madras HC upholds CAT order

Madras HC dismissed a plea filed by IRS Officer who supported Sri Lankan Tamils through a hunger strike and criticised the Indian government’s policies on the Indo-Sri Lanka Peace Accord

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“Every judgment must be seen to its own context and facts, and the precedents cannot be applied universally to every case”; Allahabad High Court denies anticipatory bail to the applicant

Allahabad High Court: In an anticipatory bail application filed by the applicants for offences under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471, 386, 120-B,

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Excluding married daughters from compassionate appointment violative of Art. 14, 15 and 16; Rajasthan High Court overrules judgments supporting exclusion

Yardstick, for extending the benefit of compassionate Appointment should be dependency of the dependents on the deceased government servant and, therefore, their marital status only should not be an impediment for consideration on compassionate ground.

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Delinquent postal officer voluntarily deposits defrauded amount with interest after detection of fraud. Was he able to escape punishment of removal from service? SC decides

Supreme Court: In a case where a Postal Assistant was accused of committing a fraud of Rs.16,59,065/- but had voluntarily deposited the

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Law Officers perform their duties without profit motive and with a service mentality for a nominal fee as compared to their lucrative private practice: Madras HC

Madras High Court: Expressing that, Legal profession is a noble profession, and it is the lawyer, who plays a predominant role in

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Bar on Government servants to engage in strikes? Ker HC elaborates

Kerala High Court: While expressing that, it is the duty of the welfare Government to protect not only the citizens, but to

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Ker HC | Whether State empowered to reject medical reimbursement for treatment being from unrecognized department of recognized hospital? HC decides

Kerala High Court: Murali Purushothaman, J., held that there is a Constitutional as well a statutory obligation on the part of the

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Will Delhi HC allow waiving off alleged offence of rape in view of compromise and subsequent marriage between complainant and accused? Read to know

Delhi High Court: Stating that, Rape is an act against society, Rajnish Bhatnagar, J., held that simply entering into a compromise allegation

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.”

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Ker HC | Can an employee claim Special Disability leave for the period spent on treatment and hospitalization due to road accident while going to workplace? HC answers

Kerala High Court: The Division Bench of A.K. Jayasankaran Nambiar and Mohammed Nias C.P, JJ., directed the government of Kerala to consider

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Can service rendered in Central and State government be considered a single block of pensionable service by condoning the break period between two services? SC answers

Supreme Court: The Division Bench of M.R. Shah and A.S. Bopanna*, JJ., condoned the non pensionable sandwiched period between pensionable services rendered

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Rakesh Asthana’s appointment as Commissioner of Delhi Police challenged | Read Why Del HC upheld Centre’s decision

Delhi High Court: While dismissing the challenge to Rakesh Asthana’s appointment as Commissioner of Delhi Police, Division Bench of D.N. Patel, CJ

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[Compassionate Appointment] Raj HC | Denial of compassionate appointment on fathering third child? Court analyzes Rules of Rajasthan Compassionate Appointment of Dependents of Deceased Government Servant

Rajasthan High Court: Dinesh Mehta, J., dismissed a petition which was filed aggrieved by the denial of compassionate appointment by communication dated

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All HC | A Posthumous child who was still in his mother’s womb while his father passed away, would he be entitled to compassionate appointment on attaining majority under Rules of 1974? Court explains

Allahabad High Court: J.J. Munir, J., addressed an issue with regard to whether a posthumous child is entitled to compassionate appointment under

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Madras HC | How can common citizens be expected to comply with Govt. orders when government servants themselves are not complying with the same? HC remarks

Madras High Court: The Division Bench of N. Kirubakaran and B. Pugalendhi, JJ., while addressing the present matter, expressed that, If the

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Raj HC | ‘No more than two children’ compulsory criteria for dependents to seek appointment to Government services on compassionate grounds

Rajasthan High Court: A Division Bench of Sangeet Lodha and Rameshwar Vyas, JJ. dismissed the Special Appeal by upholding the decision of

Legislation Updates Rules & Regulations

Government amends Rule 54 of Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 1972

On the death of a Government servant while in service, the family is entitled to a family pension in accordance with Rule

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Utt HC | Maternity benefits cannot be bestowed upon govt. servant having third child, in absence of express provisions; Special Appeal allowed against declaring rule ultra vires

Uttaranchal High Court: A Division Bench of Ramesh Ranganathan, C.J. and Alok Kumar Verma, J. allowed a special appeal where the order

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Pat HC | Prejudicial action taken by an authority against a government servant requires conformance to Art. 14 of the Constitution

Patna High Court: Shivaji Pandey, J. granted relief in a civil writ petition, brought before the Bench by an employee who assailed

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Megh HC | Claim for compassionate appointment loses significance where family has survived for 18 years without same

Meghalaya High Court: Yaqoob Mir, CJ dismissed a petition for compassionate appointment holding it to be without merits. Petitioner’s father was in Meghalaya