Service Law – Recruitment Process – The appellants challenged the selection criteria for the post of Prabodhak as advertised on 31.05.2008, arguing that age relaxation and bonus marks granted for teaching experience in government projects were discriminatory and violated Article 14 of the Constitution of India – High Court upheld the recruitment criteria, leading to the present a...
Workmen’s Compensation – Employer-Employee Relationship – Insurance Liability – Deceased driver crushed between two lorries – Insurance company’s contention that deceased had a fake driving licence and thus no liability – Court held that the insurance company cannot question employer-employee relationship based on the driving licence’s validity in th...
Administrative Law – Employment Termination – Challenge to cancellation of appointment – Petitioner appointed as Jeep Driver through Employment Exchange, later cancelled after 14 years of service due to alleged violation of communal reservation rules – Court finds cancellation unjustified, holding that petitioner was not at fault and appointment should not be nullified retr...
Service Law – Appointment and Approval – Appellant school functionaries challenged the order directing approval of Mihir’s service – Contention on procedural lapses, lack of requisite qualifications, and alleged interpolations in records – High Court found Mihir was appointed against a sanctioned post and the procedural lapses were not substantiated by evidence &ndash...
Service Law – Reinstatement – Concealment of Material Facts – Appeal by the State against reinstatement order granted to respondent who had resigned under alleged threat. Court finds material concealment by respondent regarding previous writ petition dismissals and rejections of representation by Police Headquarters – Appeal allowed, setting aside impugned judgment – ...
Constitutional Law – Equality before Law – Challenge to Recruitment Notification – Petitioners, aspiring candidates for Tamil Nadu Combined Civil Services (Group-IV), challenged the notification requiring a Tamil language eligibility-cum-scoring test for selection, alleging it discriminated against non-Tamil medium students and contravened the Tamil Nadu Government Servants (Cond...
Labour Law – Implementation of Wage Board Award – Applicability of Exemption Clause – The appellant challenged the enforcement of the Majithia Wage Board Award, which mandated revised wages for newspaper employees. The primary contention was that the appellant was exempt from making such payments due to “heavy cash losses” incurred in the preceding three financial yea...
Administrative Law - Doctrine of Pleasure - Validity of Removal – Writ Petition challenging removal from the post of Chairman of the Karnataka State Minorities Commission – Petitioner contended removal was arbitrary, capricious, and without following principles of natural justice – Respondent argued removal was per the doctrine of pleasure as stated in Section 4 of the Karnataka ...
Service Law – Trifurcation of Directorate General of Security (DGS) – Reorganization and Pay Parity – Petition challenging the Central Administrative Tribunal’s order directing resolution of service condition disparities among ministerial staff post-trifurcation – Tribunal’s directive to devise a package and rectify lacunae affirmed – Relief limited to add...
Administrative Law – Selection Process – Constitution of Committee – Deviation – Illegal constitution of the Selection Committee for the Registrar position at IIIT-A – Additional members included without approval from the Board of Governors (BoG) – Selection process included unauthorized written test (Case Study) not mentioned in the advertisement – Held, ...