The Madhya Pradesh High Court ruled that officials cannot insist on a succession certificate for compassionate appointments, holding that the policy clearly gives the deceased employee’s wife priority over other relatives. The Court said the brother has no preferential claim.
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a habeas corpus plea filed by an Assam man searching for his missing mother. Senior advocate Kapil Sibal urged the court, saying the woman was detained unjustly.
The Calcutta High Court granted temporary bail to an undertrial accused of rape for four weeks, citing the right of undertrials to interim bail, similar to parole for convicts. The decision was based on the accused’s prolonged custody and the psychological impact, questioning why undertrials can’t be given similar leniency as convicts.
