Cancellation of Candidature - OBC-NCL Certificate Deadline - Petitioner's Challenge: The petitioner's candidature for a postgraduate medical course was cancelled by AIIMS due to the late submission of the OBC-NCL certificate, despite meeting all other eligibility criteria. The petitioner challenged this cancellation as arbitrary and lacking rational nexus with the objective of reservation ...
Service Law - Misconduct of CISF Personnel – Disciplinary Action – Petitioner, a CISF Constable, faced disciplinary action for knocking on a female neighbor's door at night while her husband was absent, which was deemed misconduct and unbecoming of a government servant – Punishment included pay reduction for 3 years with no increments during this period – Petitioner'...
Seniority List – Regularization of Ad Hoc Appointees:
The regularisation of ad hoc appointees as Lower Division Clerks (LDCs) in the Election Commission of India (ECI) was undertaken much before the appointment of direct recruits. The direct recruits, who were not even on the rolls of the ECI at the time of regularisation, cannot challenge the regularisation of ad hoc appointees as their ...
Labor Law – Appropriate Government Determination – Autonomous Bodies – whether Tata Memorial Centre (TMC), an autonomous body, falls under the purview of the Central or State Government for the purposes of the Industrial Disputes Act, post-amendment of 2010. The Court scrutinized the administrative and financial control exerted by the Central Government over TMC. [Paras 2-3, 19-2...
Cancellation of Appointment Letter Challenged – Petitioner's appointment in ITBP cancelled after disclosing past criminal case involvement, despite acquittal – Ministry of Home Affairs guidelines cited for cancellation – Issue of whether acquittal on benefit of doubt bars appointment in armed forces. [Paras 1-3, 5, 7, 19]
Legal Principles on Acquittal and Employment &ndash...
Service Law – Higher Pay-Scale – Delay and Laches – The Supreme Court examined the issue of delay and laches in the appellants' claim for higher pay-scale benefits under the Scheme of Higher Grade Scale. The Court noted that while the appellants were initially granted the higher pay-scale of Rs. 5000-8000/-, the benefit was later withdrawn and revised to Rs. 4500-7000/- by th...
Common Issue and Petitioners' Background – Consolidation of three petitions with similar issues – Petitioners, former apprentices under the 1961 Act with National Fertilizers Limited, sought regular employment based on their training completion from 1999 to 2001 and a 2018 job advertisement – Petitioners lacked the required B.Sc. or Engineering diploma qualifications for the ...
Service Tax – Manpower Recruitment or Supply Agency – Secondment of Employees – The Supreme Court examined whether the secondment of employees from group companies abroad to the respondent constituted a "manpower recruitment or supply agency service" under Section 65(68) read with Section 65(105)(k) of the Finance Act, 1994. The Court held that the secondment agreement,...
Service Law – Selection Criteria – The Board of Examiners altered the selection criteria by introducing interviews and merit-based assessments not prescribed by the statutory rules. The eligibility and procedure for promotion from Class-IV to Class-III positions, as per the Executive Council’s rules, emphasized seniority and passing departmental tests without mandating interviews...
Petition for Pension - Petitioner, a retired employee of respondent-bank, seeks pension from 01.06.2005 under the bank's pension policy, having submitted an application which is allegedly disregarded by the respondents. [Para 1-2]
Territorial Jurisdiction Questioned - Respondents argue the High Court of Punjab and Haryana lacks territorial jurisdiction as the petitioner retired fr...