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  • Promoted Officers Cannot Overtake Direct Recruits in Seniority by Temporarily Occupying Their Slots, Rules Andhra Pradesh High Court
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23/01/2026, 2 weeks ago

Promoted Officers Cannot Overtake Direct Recruits in Seniority by Temporarily Occupying Their Slots, Rules Andhra Pradesh High Court

Introduction: The Andhra Pradesh High Court, through a Division Bench comprising Justice Cheekati Manavendranath Roy and Justice Tuhin Kumar Gedela, examined a challenge to the revision of a long standing seniority list of Prohibition and Excise staff in Zone I Visakhapatnam, where the petitioners were officers who had initially joined government service as Junior Assistants […]

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23/01/2026, 2 weeks ago

Criticism Is Not Disparagement and Fair Comment Cannot Be Silenced by Oversensitivity, Says Delhi High Court While Hearing Media Freedom Dispute

Introduction: The Delhi High Court, through a Division Bench comprising Justice C Hari Shankar and Justice Om Prakash Shukla, examined a contentious dispute between TV Today Network, which owns prominent news channels India Today and Aaj Tak, and the digital news platform Newslaundry along with its editors and journalists, arising from a civil suit originally […]

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23/01/2026, 2 weeks ago

Compassion Cannot Be Bureaucratised When Sacrifice Is Absolute — Orissa High Court Upholds Humane Interpretation of Compassionate Appointment for Disabled Combat Personnel

Introduction: The Orissa High Court, through a Division Bench comprising Justice Dixit Krishna Shripad and Justice Chittaranjan Dash, delivered a deeply humane and constitutionally resonant judgment while dismissing a writ appeal filed by the Union Government and upholding the order of a Single Judge that directed compassionate appointment as Head Constable in favour of the […]

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23/01/2026, 2 weeks ago

Criminal Summons Cannot Be Mechanical — High Court Reaffirms Duty of Magistrates to Apply Judicial Mind Before Prosecuting Corporate Officials

Introduction: The Allahabad High Court, while exercising its inherent jurisdiction, examined the legality of criminal summons issued against M/s Larsen & Toubro Limited and several of its senior functionaries including the Chairman and Managing Director, Whole-time Directors, Chief Financial Officer, Senior Executive Vice Presidents heading different divisions, and Independent Directors, all of whom had been […]

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23/01/2026, 2 weeks ago

Probation Does Not Erase Conviction — Supreme Court Reaffirms That Stigma of Fraud in Public Employment Cannot Be Neutralised by Leniency in Criminal Sentencing

Introduction: In a significant reaffirmation of service jurisprudence and criminal law principles, the Supreme Court of India clarified that grant of probation to a convicted employee does not wipe out the stigma of conviction, nor does it prevent an employer from imposing serious disciplinary punishment, including dismissal from service. The ruling arose from an appeal […]

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22/01/2026, 2 weeks ago

Clean Water and Medical Care Take Priority Over Probe in Public Health Emergency: Madhya Pradesh High Court 

Introduction: In Ritesh Inani v State, the Madhya Pradesh High Court was confronted with a grave public health crisis arising from alleged contamination of drinking water in parts of Indore, where several residents reportedly lost their lives and more than a thousand fell ill within a short span of time, prompting urgent judicial scrutiny into […]

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22/01/2026, 2 weeks ago

Welfare of Child Prevails Over Financial Capacity in Custody Disputes: Chhattisgarh High Court

Introduction: In Laxmikant Joshi v Lokeshwari @ Parmeshwari, the Chhattisgarh High Court was called upon to examine whether custody of a seven year old boy should be transferred from his biological mother to his father who had contracted a second marriage without obtaining a decree of divorce from his first wife, the Division Bench of […]

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22/01/2026, 2 weeks ago

Police Cannot Humiliate Arrestees by Public Display and Viral Photographs Rules Rajasthan High Court 

Introduction: In Islam Khan and Others v State of Rajasthan and Others, the Rajasthan High Court was confronted with deeply disturbing allegations regarding routine police practices that allegedly involved forcing arrested persons to sit at the entrance of police stations, compelling them to pose for photographs in humiliating positions and in some cases even requiring […]

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22/01/2026, 2 weeks ago

PhD Requirement for Higher Pay in Technical Education Upheld as Fair and Constitutional by Delhi High Court 

Introduction: In Sunil Kumar Tiwari and Others v Government of NCT of Delhi and Others, the Delhi High Court examined whether the All India Council for Technical Education could lawfully prescribe possession of a PhD degree as an eligibility condition for granting higher Academic Grade Pay of rupees ten thousand to lecturers working in government […]

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