Article 14 | Temporary Employee Can Be Directed To Be Paid Wages Equal To Lowest Grade Regular Employee Discharging Same Duties: Punjab & Haryana HC

Punjab and Haryana High Court recently reiterated that apart from the claim of "equal pay for equal work" under Article 39 of the Constitution of India, the concept of equality will also apply to temporary employees and they can be directed to be paid wages equal to the salary at the lowest grade of a regular employee, discharging the same duties. The concept of equality is also to...

ULB Polls: Allahabad HC Stays Announcement Of Dates, Asks UP Govt Whether 'Triple Test' Procedure For OBC Quota Completed

The Allahabad High Court on Monday restrained the State Election Commission from announcing Urban Local Body Elections notification till today. The State Government has also been restrained from making a final order reserving wards based on the draft order issued on December 5.The bench of Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Saurabh Srivastava ordered thus while hearing a Public...

Gujarat High Court Releases Bank Account From Attachment Of Subsidiary Of Taiwan Company Subject To The Personal Undertaking Of The Directors

The Gujarat High Court has directed the department to release the bank account from the attachment of the subsidiary of the Taiwan Company subject to the personal undertakings of the directors.The division bench of Justice Sonia Gokani and Justice Mauna M. Bhatt, in order to secure the revenue's interest, has directed the department to continue the attachment of FD with DBS amounting to Rs....

Delhi Court Directs Umar Khalid To Remain Confined To Home During Interim Bail Period, Prohibits Him From Speaking To Media

Granting interim bail for a week to activist Umar Khalid in the larger conspiracy case of 2020 Northeast Delhi riots, the Delhi Court has imposed stringent conditions on him - he has been restricted to his home and also prohibited from speaking to the media.The court on Monday had granted interim bail to Khalid, who has been in custody since September 2020, to enable him attend his...

Confining Death Row Inmates In Separate Cells Unwarranted: Telangana High Court Directs Prison Admin To Remove Prisoners From Solitary Confinement

The Telangana High Court has directed Cherlapally Central Prison to remove two death row inmates from solitary confinement and permit their movement within jail by treating them equally with other prisoners.Justice Lalitha Kanneganti said the prisoners shall be provided to all facilities like the other prisoners. "In this case, Sanjay Kumar and Marri Srinivas Reddy were convicted and...

Apathy Of GSTN To Address Limitations Of System-Driven Processes: Gujarat High Court Recommends Portal To Introduce 'May I Help You' Feature

The Gujarat High Court has remarked that though it is in favour of the automatic system-driven process for initiating refund of IGST, over the officer driven process, however, there is an apathy at the level of the Goods and Service Tax Network (GSTN) to address and rectify the limitations that come with making all the processes system driven. The bench of Justices Sonia Gokani and...

Persons Engaged In Statutory Corporation Under Special Contract Do Not Hold 'Civil Post' Under Article 311: JKL High Court

The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has reiterated that where a person is engaged in a statutory corporation on the basis of a special contract, Article 311 has no application. The provision relates to dismissal, removal or reduction in rank of persons employed in civil capacities under the Union or a State.While hearing the plea where the services of a Media Assistant engaged in...

Orissa High Court Halts Field Posting Of Police Officer Who Refused To Register FIR In Alleged Murder Case, Orders Sensitization Training

In a strong action against police inaction and institutional lethargy in registering First Information Report (FIR) in a case involving serious charge like murder, the Orissa High Court has directed 'sensitization training' for an Inspector-In-Charge (IIC) in State's Police Academy. It has also directed the Commissioner of Police, Bhubaneswar to desist from assigning any 'field posting'...

Vismaya Dowry Death Case: Kerala High Court Refuses To Suspend Husband Kiran Kumar's 10-Yrs Sentence

The Kerala High Court on Tuesday dismissed the application filed by Kiran Kumar, the convict in the Vismaya dowry death case, seeking an interim order for suspension of his 10 years sentence.The application was moved in a Criminal Appeal against his conviction and sentence handed down in May this year following his wife's death under mysterious circumstances, after she had complained of...

[Kerala Education Rules] Service Against Two Different Vacancies Not 'Continuous' To Be Reckoned For Vacation Salary: High Court

The Kerala High Court on Wednesday held that for the purposes of claiming vacation salary, the teacher should have a continuous service of eight months in the vacancy (not permanent) which extends over summer vacation, as per Rule 49 of Chapter XIV-A of the Kerala Education Rules.The Court arrived at this finding while answering the pointed query as to whether service under two...

Section 66 Of IBC Does Not Provide For Any Look Back Period For Fraudulent Transactions: NCLAT Chennai

The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal ("NCLAT"), Chennai Bench, comprising of Justice M Venugopal (Judicial Member) and Ms. Shreesha Merla (Technical Member), while adjudicating an appeal filed in Mr. Thomas George v K. Easwara Pillai & Ors., has held that the Section 66 of IBC does not provide for any look back period as far as fraudulent transactions...

Gauhati High Court Kohima Bench Commences Live Streaming Of Court Proceedings On YouTube

The Kohima Bench of the Gauhati High Court has commenced 'live-streaming' of its Court proceedings from Monday. With this, it has become the third constitutional Court from the north-east to live-stream its proceedings, after Gauhati (Principal Bench) and Meghalaya High Courts. The streaming will be governed by the Gauhati High Court (Live Streaming and Recording of Court...