Delhi High Court
Delhi High Court quashes a tribunal order and holds that a retired government employee's gratuity can be withheld under the pension rules until every judicial proceeding against him — including a pending criminal appeal, not merely departmental proceedings — has concluded.
Delhi High Court
Delhi High Court waives ₹25,000 in costs imposed on a litigant after his counsel — then eight months pregnant and advised bed rest — could not appear for cross-examination, holding a litigant should not bear a heavy financial burden once genuine cause for the lawyer's absence is shown.