Does an LL.B. degree make a clerk fit for a prosecutor’s chair? The Madhya Pradesh High Court has answered no, striking down the 10% clerks’ promotion quota to Assistant District Public Prosecution Officer posts as arbitrary. Gwalior: No further promotions to the post of Assistant District Public Prosecution Officer (ADPO) can be made under the […]
The Supreme Court’s 2017 direction is a shield, not a ladder: the Patna High Court has held that redesignated Demonstrators in Bihar’s colleges keep the designation, status, rank and pay that were protected, but cannot be treated on par with teachers. Patna: The Patna High Court has dismissed a writ petition by a large group […]
When may a writ court look behind a departmental inquiry? When a disciplinary finding rests on guesswork and no evidence stands behind it, the Supreme Court has held, and it can do so without re-weighing the record. New Delhi: A university Deputy Registrar whose removal a Madras High Court Division Bench had restored has won […]
Misconduct upheld, removal undone: the Allahabad High Court has found the removal of a court employee over a single incident outside working hours, after more than two decades of service, shockingly disproportionate, and has set aside the penalty while leaving the findings of misconduct undisturbed. Lucknow: Setting aside the removal from service of a Deputy […]
One set of educational documents, ten or more jobs: that, in several instances, is what the Allahabad High Court was told, and it has now ordered statewide document verification of all basic school teachers in Uttar Pradesh, to be supervised by the Special Task Force. Prayagraj: The Allahabad High Court has ordered a verification of […]