The bar under Article 311(1) of the Constitution is attracted only where an employee is dismissed or removed by an authority subordinate in rank to the one that appointed him, the Supreme Court held, restoring the 1983 removal of an RPSF constable after finding that the removing officer was of the same rank as the […]
“You think women can’t lift LPG cylinders? Day in, day out they lift gas cylinders in their house,” the Supreme Court observed, awarding Rs 12 lakh compensation to a woman denied a job at an Indian Oil LPG plant because of her gender, calling it “an affront to womanhood” by a Government of India undertaking. […]
“Both are doctors; the only thing is that he has studied abroad,” the Supreme Court observed, indicating it will pass comprehensive directions that all medical interns, whether Indian or foreign graduates, must be paid a stipend on parity, and warning States of contempt for non-payment. New Delhi: The Supreme Court has indicated that it will […]
The Supreme Court declined to interfere with a Kerala High Court ruling allowing the successor of a Kashi Math pontiff to continue execution of a 2009 decree directly before the executing court, under Section 146 read with the Explanation to Order XXI Rule 16 of the CPC, without first obtaining substitution from the court that passed the decree. The two-decade dispute between guru and disciple continues in execution.
The Supreme Court directed the Jammu and Kashmir administration to release international canoe official Bilquis Mir to coach the Indian team at the Asian Games 2026, holding that a pending inquiry cannot be treated as an automatic disqualification and that sports administration demands timelines that cannot await ordinary bureaucratic processes. New Delhi: The Supreme Court […]
The Supreme Court dismissed the Wrestling Federation of India’s challenge to orders permitting Vinesh Phogat to participate in the 2026 Asian Games selection trials, holding the matter had become infructuous after the trials concluded and clarifying that all legal issues remain open in pending proceedings.
