State Employees' Absorption Policy Must Be Applied Uniformly; Denial After Eligibility Is Arbitrary: Himachal Pradesh High Court

The Himachal Pradesh High Court allowed held that once the petitioner acquires the requisite qualification and the policy continued to operate, absorbtion cannot be denied.Justice Sandeep Sharma remarked that:“Once it is not in dispute that communication dated 06.03.2017 has not been withdrawn till date and pursuant to afore communication, number of similarly situate persons have been...

Rajasthan High Court Annual Digest 2025: PART I [Citations 1 - 200]

Citations: 2025 LiveLaw (Raj) 1 To 2025 LiveLaw (Raj) 200Rajasthan HC Cancels Air Force Personnel's Anticipatory Bail Due To Misrepresentation, Hiding True Facts Like Grievous Injury Caused to VictimTitle: Ramesh Kumar v State of Rajasthan & Anr.Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Raj) 1The Jodhpur bench of the Rajasthan High Court cancelled the anticipatory bail of an Air Force personnel on the...

Social Media Chats Criticising War, Calling for Communal Harmony Do Not Constitute Sedition: Himachal Pradesh High Court

The Himachal Pradesh High Court has granted regular bail to a petitioner accused under Section 152 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, which corresponds to the offence of sedition under Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code. The Court held that mere criticism of war, expression of dissent, or advocacy of peace on social media, without incitement to violence or public disorder, does not...

'Article 21 Includes Right To Clean Drinking Water': MP High Court Asks State To Stop Supply From Contaminated Sources In Indore

The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Tuesday (January 6) issued slew of directions in a plea highlighting the serious public health emergency related to the supply of unsafe and contaminated drinking water in affected areas in Indore which had resulted in mass illness and loss of human life.On December 31 the court had directed the Indore Municipal Corporation to ensure the supply of clean...

Caste Certificate Of Woman Candidate Recommended As Tax Officer Under ST Category Validated After Gujarat High Court's Intervention

The caste certificate of a meritorious woman candidate who was denied appointment as State Tax Officer under Scheduled Tribe (Female) category despite selection and recommendation by state public service commission, was validated by the scrutiny committee after intervention by the Gujarat High Court. The petitioner had approached the High Court claiming her ST status for the appointment to...

No 100% Pension Parity With Army For Pre-2009 Special Frontier Force Personnel: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that personnel of the Special Frontier Force (SFF) who retired prior to January 1, 2009 are not entitled to claim 100% pension parity with corresponding ranks in the Indian Army, and can only seek restoration of 45% of the commuted value of pension in terms of the earlier directions of the Court.A Division Bench of Justices C. Hari Shankar and Om Prakash Shukla...

Seniority Not Carried Forward For Police Constables Requesting Transfer To Native Districts: Andhra Pradesh High Court

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has clarified that an employee transferred on his own request from one unit of appointment to another is not entitled to carry forward his seniority from the previous unit, and his seniority must be fixed with reference to the date of his joining duty in the later unit in terms of Rule 35(b) of Andhra Pradesh State and Subordinate Service Rules, 1996.For...

Delhi High Court Issues Notice In RJ's Copyright Suit Against Riteish Deshmukh-Starrer 'Mastiii 4'

Radio jockey and popular content creator Ashish Sharma has moved the Delhi High Court, accusing the makers of the Hindi film Mastiii 4 of lifting a scene from one of his popular Instagram skits without his permission. Sharma has sought a permanent injunction, damages and rendition of accounts, claiming that a scene in the film closely mirrors his audio-visual skit titled “Shaq Karne...

Delhi High Court Raps Lawyer For Calling Others To Join Hearing On Alleged Arbitrary Empanelment Of Govt Counsel

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday rapped a lawyer for publicly urging other members of the bar to join his petition alleging arbitrariness and unfairness in the appointment of lawyers as Union Government's panel counsel before the Supreme Court.A division bench comprising Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia pulled up Advocate Rudra Vikram Singh who is President of...

Legal Education Committee To Examine Compliance Report, Past Fee Payments By GLC Kozhikode For BCI Affiliation: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court was on Tuesday (January 06) informed by the Bar Council of India (BCI) that its Legal Education Committee will convene a meeting in 10 days to decide whether the compliance report submitted by the Government Law College, Kozhikode can be accepted for its affiliation.The standing counsel for the BCI submitted before Justice V.G. Arun that the compliance report has...

MSME Facilitation Council Cannot Assume Civil Court Powers; Reference Cannot Be Rejected On Limitation At Conciliation Stage: HP High Court

The Himachal Pradesh High Court held that a Micro and Small Enterprises Facilitation Council functions within the statutory framework of the MSMED Act, 2006 and cannot equate itself with a civil court. The Court further clarified that the Facilitation Council has no authority to invoke or exercise powers vested in civil courts under Section 9 of the Code of Civil Procedure.Justice Ajay Mohan...

Deputation Does Not Bar Claim For Equivalent Designation Based On Experience: J&K&L High Court

The Jammu & Kashmir High Court held that experience gained in the parent department cannot be excluded while determining equivalent designation in the borrowing organisation.A bench of Justice Javed Iqbal Wani said that the stand that a deputationist cannot seek equivalent designation in the borrowing department is misconceived, palpably erroneous, unfair, unreasonable, and...