The Supreme Court has asked the Centre not to completely stop trains or close Delhi Metro stations ahead of the October 10 protest and to reconsider Jantar Mantar as the designated venue. The contentions are untested.
The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has upheld the dismissal of a Grade-II Warden of the Central Prison, Madurai, holding that in the absence of a presenting officer the enquiry officer may put clarificatory questions to witnesses, and that the limited scope of judicial review did not warrant interference.
Upholding the finding of guilt against a welfare-office clerk in a scholarship-funds defalcation case but finding his compulsory retirement “exorbitant,” the Patna High Court set aside the penalty and remanded the matter, noting that he was a new incumbent who signed documents under pressure after the wrongs had already been committed by his predecessors. Patna: […]
The Bombay High Court has quashed the compulsory retirement of a Tata Institute of Social Sciences professor, holding that the punishment was grossly disproportionate to the misconduct found, which centred on his starting a WhatsApp group without the Institute’s permission and without any personal gain being established. Applying the doctrine of proportionality, the Court held that a penalty out of proportion to the gravity of the misconduct violates Article 14, found the inquiry findings perverse, and reinstated the professor with 50% back wages.
The Supreme Court has agreed to examine whether the closure of 17 Delhi Metro stations during the July student protests was a proportionate measure, issuing notice on a plea that argues no law permits shutting down a public utility to curb protests. New Delhi: The Supreme Court has issued notice to the Union on a […]
The Chhattisgarh High Court delivered a significant judgment on writ petitions, partially granting them and quashing orders that had blacklisted multiple construction companies for three years. The High Court ruled that , Blacklisting Order Must Meet The Standards Of Fairness, Proportionality, And A Properly Reasoned Order
