The Patna High Court held that excess pay wrongly fixed cannot be recovered from a retired Class III employee where there is no misrepresentation, relying on Rafiq Masih, while denying his ACP claim. Patna: The Patna High Court has held that the State cannot recover an excess amount paid to a retired Class III employee […]
The Patna High Court quashed a photo studio owner’s conviction for attempted rape, holding that the allegations constituted outraging modesty but did not satisfy the legal ingredients of attempt to rape. The Court cited absence of medical evidence and any unequivocal overt act establishing attempted rape.
The Supreme Court held that advocates cannot surrender or compromise a client’s substantive property rights without explicit authorisation. The Court ruled that a compromise decree based solely on a lawyer’s consent, without the client’s signature or approval, is legally unsustainable under the Civil Procedure Code.
