The Madras High Court has dismissed the petitions of a retired Chennai Port Trust employee whose Scheduled Tribe status was invalidated by the State Level Scrutiny Committee and whose full pension and terminal benefits were withheld. Following the Full Bench in R. Gurusamy and the Supreme Court in Jagdish Balaram Bahira, the Court held that a community certificate may be verified even after retirement and regardless of a pre-1995 appointment, and that protecting benefits secured on an invalidated claim would perpetuate a fraud on the Constitution.
The Patna High Court has dismissed a plea by members of Bihar’s Watershed Development Teams claiming a 10% annual increment, holding that the 2020 governing-body resolution granting the increment applied only to employees of the Bihar Watershed Development Society, not to WDT members, who are a separate category under the 2008 Watershed Guidelines. The Court held the withdrawal of the wrongly-extended benefit lawful, but directed that amounts already paid need not be refunded.
The Supreme Court held that the doctrine of “equal pay for equal work” cannot be applied mechanically merely because two categories of employees perform functionally similar duties, and that a difference in experience between directly recruited and promoted employees can be a valid basis for a difference in pay scales. New Delhi: The Supreme Court […]
An employee working only on an officiating basis has no vested right to be considered for promotion under the rules that existed when the vacancies arose, the Supreme Court held, allowing BSNL’s appeal and reaffirming that vacancies need not always be filled under the law prevailing on the date they occurred. New Delhi: The Supreme […]
The Allahabad High Court declined to examine the charges against a suspended in-charge headmaster at the writ stage, holding that his explanation must be raised as a defence in the departmental enquiry. The suspension order was kept in abeyance and the enquiry directed to be concluded within 15 days.
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 Patna High Court has quashed the State Bank of India’s decision treating a long-serving officer as having “voluntarily resigned” for staying away on medical grounds, holding that absence compelled by illness is not wilful abandonment and that the Bank acted arbitrarily and in breach of natural justice. Patna: The Patna High Court has set […]
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 Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court held that women doctors cannot be denied salaries during maternity leave once leave is granted under service rules. The Court ruled maternity benefits are constitutional rights flowing from dignity, equality and reproductive autonomy, not government charity.
The Supreme Court refused immediate relief to IPS officer Urvashi Sengar, holding that joining Phase-II training midway would undermine its purpose. However, the Court orally agreed that her challenge to the 1993 MHA Office Memorandum on maternity-related interruptions appeared to have substantial legal merit.