From a 2008 advertisement to a daily wage of Rs 1,200: the Tripura High Court orders regularisation of a contractual Tripura University employee after 15 years and calls both the 2016 re-designation and the 2022 order arbitrary. Reinstatement is due within a month, with regularisation from February 2, 2016. Agartala: Setting aside a Single Judge’s […]
The Calcutta High Court has dismissed the appeal of the Association for Protection of Democratic Rights (APDR) over a denied stall at the Kolkata Book Fair, holding that the organising Guild does not perform a public function. Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court has dismissed an intra-court appeal by the Association for Protection of Democratic Rights […]
Rajasthan High Court Directs State To Comply With Asaram’s 20-Day Parole Order, holding that no legal impediment arising from proceedings outside Rajasthan nullifies or suspends the earlier grant of parole. Jodhpur: The Rajasthan High Court has directed the State to comply with its 3 August 2026 order granting 20 days’ parole to convict Asaram, holding […]
Axis Bank itself conceded that awards by unilaterally appointed sole arbitrators are void. The Delhi High Court has now declared an award against a borrower unenforceable, noting that one bank-appointed arbitrator had handled 4,155 arbitrations over four to five years, and has asked the RBI to caution all banks on unilateral appointments. New Delhi: Declaring […]
The Calcutta High Court has held that Panchayat Samitis have exclusive authority to lease ferry ghats vested in them and that a cooperative society of boatmen has no automatic right to a direct settlement, setting aside an interim order that had stalled an e-auction in Murshidabad. Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Monday held that […]
The Madras High Court has refused to recall its microplastics label order, holding that consumers must be told when packaged drinking water, sugar and salt may contain micro or nano plastics. Chennai: The Madras High Court has dismissed a review application filed by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) and two recall […]
Holding the Bihar Government and a stone-block bidder equally responsible for a nine-year delay in executing a mining lease in Sheikhpura, a Division Bench of the Patna High Court set aside forfeiture of the bidder’s Rs 2.90 crore deposit, ordered its refund with 12% interest, and laid down binding timelines for future mining tenders.
A Division Bench of the Patna High Court held that a 2018 notification appointing Divisional Commissioners as arbitrators under the National Highways Act operates prospectively and does not affect pending arbitrations, but set aside an award on Gaya land acquired for NH-82 and ordered compensation reassessed with solatium and interest under the 1894 Act.