(1)
DR. SHIV PRAKASH …PETITIONER Vs.
STATE OF HARYANA AND OTHERS …RESPONDENTS D.D
10/05/2023
HIGH COURTS
Administrative Law – Appointment of Drawing and Disbursing Officer (DDO) – Writ petition seeking quashing of the order withdrawing DDO powers from the petitioner and conferring them on respondent No.4. The petitioner contended that the DDO powers should not be assigned to an officer from outside the office. Held, the DDO powers are administrative and meant for the smooth running of the...
(2)
Gulbaz Singh - Petitioner Vs.
State of Punjab - Respondent D.D
09/05/2023
HIGH COURTS
*** Criminal Procedure - Re-trial - Additional evidence - Exceptional circumstances required for ordering re-trial - Re-trial to be ordered only in cases where the trial Court lacked jurisdiction, or serious illegalities or irregularities vitiated the trial, or material evidence was prevented from being tendered - Proper course for Appellate Court to resort to Section 391 of the Cr.P.C. ...
(3)
SUSHIL KUMAR …PETITIONER Vs.
STATE OF HARYANA AND OTHERS …RESPONDENTS D.D
09/05/2023
HIGH COURTS
Service Law – Assured Career Progression – Technical and Non-Technical Pay Scales – Writ petition seeking quashing of the order that rejected the petitioner’s pay fixation in the pay scale of Rs. 5200-20200 + GP 3200 as the first ACP from 01.02.2006 and reduced his pay. The petitioner was granted a technical pay scale earlier, which should be treated as the functional pay s...
(4)
MAHESH KUMAR ..... Petitioner Vs.
STATE (NCT OF DELHI) ..... Respondent D.D
08/05/2023
HIGH COURTS
BAIL – Grant of bail – Accused charged under sections 363/376 IPC and Section 6 of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 – Prosecutrix, allegedly a minor at the time of the incident, in a relationship with the accused – Prosecutrix consistent in her statement that she went with accused out of her free will – Accused and prosecutrix wanted to marry each...
(5)
GRAM PANCHAYAT BADALIYAN -Petitioner Vs.
THE FINANCIAL COMMISSIONER TO GOVT. PUNJAB AND ORS. -Respondents D.D
08/05/2023
HIGH COURTS
Constitutional Law - Article 21 - Right to life - Obligation of State to provide convenient access, including ambulance roads, for medical emergencies - Duty of Gram Panchayat to provide road access for emergency medical aid to villagers - Construction of road for an unauthorized occupant - Mandamus sought to quash the direction for road construction - Gram Panchayat resisting the construction - R...
(6)
Suraj Bhan Sharma and others - Petitioners Vs.
Jasbir Singh Arora – Respondent D.D
08/05/2023
HIGH COURTS
Criminal Procedure - Quashing of complaint and summoning order - Compliance with Section 202 of the Cr.P.C. - Petitioners filed a petition seeking the quashing of a complaint and summoning order under Section 500, 34 IPC - The complaint was filed by the respondent in the Court of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Chandigarh - Petitioners contended that the Magistrate failed to comply with Section 202...
(7)
RAJ KUMAR …PETITIONER Vs.
STATE OF HARYANA AND ANOTHER …RESPONDENTS D.D
08/05/2023
HIGH COURTS
Service Law – Assured Career Progression – Adverse Annual Confidential Reports (ACRs) – Writ petition seeking the quashing of the order denying the petitioner the first ACP scale and directing the respondents to grant the first ACP scale upon completion of eight years of service. The petitioner’s service records included a “below average” ACR for 2009 and &ldquo...
(8)
Kashmir Singh ....Petitioner(s) Vs.
Union of India and others .....Respondent(s) D.D
05/05/2023
HIGH COURTS
Recovery of excess pension - Pension erroneously fixed as service pension instead of reservist pension - Petitioner retired 50 years ago - Recovery sought to be made after retirement - Whether permissible - Held, recovery from Category-C and D employees or retired employees impermissible - Judgment of the Hon'ble Supreme Court in State of Punjab and others Vs. Rafiq Masih (Supra) applicable - ...
(9)
Jagjit Singh - Petitioner Vs.
Jasmer Singh and others - Respondents D.D
05/05/2023
HIGH COURTS
Civil Procedure Code, 1908 - Amendment of pleadings - Application for amendment of written statement filed after commencement of trial - Proviso to Order 6 Rule 17 CPC mandates that no application for amendment shall be allowed after the trial has commenced unless the court concludes that, in spite of due diligence, the party could not have raised the matter before the commencement of trial - Tria...