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Relationship of employer and employee - Proof required for claiming compensation under the Employees' Compensation Act, 1923 (1923 Act) - Failure to establish master and servant relationship - Claim for compensation dismissed. (Para 12 and 14)
Delay in filing application - Knowledge of alternative option to claim compensation - Delay of 9 years - Fatal to consideration of clai...
Promotion on the post of Assistant Engineer (Civil) in the U.P. Public Works Department under the Uttar Pradesh Public Works Department "Group-B" Civil Engineering Service Rules, 2004 - Controversy regarding promotion of Junior Engineers (Technical) to the post of Assistant Engineer (Civil) under the 50% promotion quota as per the Rules, 2004 - Eligibility and procedure for promotion as ...
Evidence Act, 1872 - Sections 63 and 65 - Secondary evidence - Original will sought to be proved by way of secondary evidence - Existence and execution of original will not established - Mere assertion of possession by one defendant not sufficient - Secondary evidence cannot be admitted without establishing existence and loss of original document - Order allowing secondary evidence set aside. (Par...
Order VII Rule 11 CPC - Rejection of plaint - Application filed by defendant-petitioners seeking rejection of plaint - Suit for permanent injunction - Plaintiffs alleging possession and seeking injunction against dispossession - Defendant-petitioners claiming possession and contending suit not maintainable - Reliance on unregistered agreement to sell - Availability of alternative remedy - Impugned...
Section 16(1)(a)(i) of the Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954 - Conviction - Sentence - Reduction of sentence - Petitioner convicted for offense of adulteration of khoya - Petitioner, aged more than 70 years, had already suffered incarceration for a short period and had no criminal antecedents - Deficiency in milk fat content found to be only 0.5% - Petitioner's conviction maintained bu...
Family Court Appeal – Dissolution of Marriage – Allegations of cruelty and dissolution of marriage under Section 13(i)(a) of the Hindu Marriage Act – Husband appeals against the judgment and decree dismissing his petition – Examination of the facts and issues surrounding the case – Appeal allowed on grounds of cruelty and dissolution of marriage granted. [Para 1]
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Recruitment process - Equivalence of qualifications - Diploma in Art & Craft from Kurukshetra University and Diploma in Art & Craft from Haryana Industrial Training Department - Review petitions filed challenging the finding of non-equivalence of qualifications - Government of Haryana willing to accept Diploma from Kurukshetra University as an equivalent qualification - Kurukshetra Univers...
Raw Petroleum Coke (RPC) - Import and Allocation - Concerns raised by the Environment Pollution Control Authority (EPCA) regarding the highly polluting nature of calcined petroleum coke (CPC) - EPCA recommends allowing import of pet coke for use as feedstock, not as fuel - Exemptions given to industries should not negate efforts to control pet coke usage to prevent pollution caused by fugitive emi...
Insurance Law - Compensation assessment for permanent disability - Functional disability of appellant due to amputation of right lower limb - Loss of earning capacity - Assessment of compensation based on nature of work performed - Appellant working as a gunman - Unable to discharge duties after amputation - Services terminated - Tribunal assessed loss of earning capacity at 100% - High Court redu...
Industrial Dispute - Retrenchment of casual workers - Validity - Reinstatement and regularization - Compensation - Back wages - Award passed by the Tribunal directing reinstatement, regularization, and payment of 75% of back wages to the workers - Management filed a writ petition challenging the Award - High Court dismissed the writ petition, upholding the Award - Division Bench modified the Award...