The Rajasthan High Court has stayed the declaration of final results in the recruitment process for Assistant Professor (English) posts, after the petitioner alleged that the State proceeded with the selection without considering objections filed against the model answer key.
The Bombay High Court, Circuit Bench at Kolhapur, has held that a dependent mother cannot be denied family pension solely on the ground that she has other surviving children, if those children are not in a position to provide her economic sustenance.
The Bombay High Court has upheld the cancellation of admissions of three students to the MMS course at JBIMS after finding they had secured admission on materially falsified academic credentials, holding that reaching the final semester or securing job placements cannot override the requirement of a fair admission process.
The Bombay High Court has held that a Government Circular extending the caste-validity-certificate submission deadline by three months to Scheduled Castes, Nomadic Tribes, and other reserved categories, while omitting Scheduled Tribes, is prima facie discriminatory, and extended the same benefit to an ST student.
The Bombay High Court has held that an assignee under a deed of assignment executed before the institution of a suit cannot be impleaded as a co-plaintiff under Order I Rule 10 of the CPC, absent a bona fide mistake, and quashed a trial court order permitting such impleadment.
The Punjab & Haryana High Court has rejected what it called the "Doctrine of Negative Fee Waiver," holding that candidates cannot be denied age-relaxation benefits merely because they paid an application fee out of caution despite being exempted from it.
The Punjab & Haryana High Court has held an 81-year-old litigant guilty of criminal contempt for levelling scandalous, uncorroborated allegations of corruption and collusion against sitting and former judges and judicial officers, holding that fair criticism of a judicial order is distinct from imputing dishonest motives to the judge who passed it.
The Punjab & Haryana High Court has set aside a Single Judge's order regularising drivers, conductors and other staff engaged with the Pepsu Road Transport Corporation through a private outsourcing agency, holding that a master-servant relationship must be established through documentary evidence and cannot be presumed merely from the nature of duties performed or supervisory control exercised.
The Punjab & Haryana High Court has recalled its earlier order imposing costs of ₹5,000 on the Superintendent of Police, Mewat, after finding the order rested on a factual error — the State had in fact attempted to file its reply on the very date the Court had recorded it as failing to do so.
The Punjab & Haryana High Court has granted interim medical bail to a 76-year-old PMLA accused with serious health conditions, holding that a judge "must have the spine to do justice" before rejecting the bail plea of a person above 75 years of age on health grounds.
The Bombay High Court has initiated contempt proceedings against Dilip S. Ghumare, Secretary and Senior Legal Advisor of Maharashtra's Law and Judiciary Department, after he responded to the Bench in an "aggressive, high-pitched tone (bordering to shouting)" and publicly blamed the High Court administration during a PIL hearing on judicial appointments.
The Delhi High Court has dismissed, for want of territorial jurisdiction, a plea by the makers of Vimal Elaichi challenging show-cause notices issued by the Maharashtra FDA to brand ambassadors Shah Rukh Khan, Ajay Devgn and Tiger Shroff over alleged product misrepresentation.