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22/08/2026, 2 weeks ago

Regular Appointments Cannot Be Cancelled En Masse Without Due Process, Jharkhand High Court Stays Recruitment Cancellation

Introduction: The Jharkhand High Court has reaffirmed the importance of the principles of natural justice in matters involving public employment, observing prima facie that regular appointments cannot be disturbed or terminated without following due process of law. In Saurav Singh & Ors. v. State of Jharkhand through the Chief Secretary, Government of Jharkhand & Ors., […]

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22/08/2026, 2 weeks ago

ICC Cannot Make an Aggrieved Woman Remediless by Rejecting a POSH Complaint Without Inquiry: Bombay High Court

Introduction: The Bombay High Court has delivered an important ruling on the scope of remedies available under the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013, holding that an Internal Complaints Committee’s decision to reject a complaint at the threshold without conducting an inquiry can still amount to a “recommendation” under […]

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22/08/2026, 2 weeks ago

Supreme Court’s Continuation Protection Cannot Be Denied Through an Artificial Retirement Cut-Off: Jharkhand High Court

Introduction: The Jharkhand High Court has held that the benefit of continuation in office granted by the Supreme Court to certain Presidents and Members of Consumer Commissions cannot be restricted through an artificial cut-off date based merely on the date on which the Supreme Court delivered its judgment. In Umesh Singh v. Union of India […]

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22/08/2026, 2 weeks ago

PCPNDT Rules Cannot Bar Qualified Radiologist from Practising at Clinics in Different Districts: Orissa High Court

Introduction: The Orissa High Court has clarified that the regulatory framework under the Pre-conception and Pre-natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Act and the Rules framed thereunder cannot be interpreted to impose an unwarranted restriction on a qualified Radiologist merely because he seeks to conduct ultrasonography at medical establishments situated in two different districts. […]

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22/08/2026, 2 weeks ago

Technical Interpretation Cannot Defeat a Proven Fire Insurance Claim Without Evidence: Gujarat High Court

Introduction: The Gujarat High Court has reaffirmed an important principle governing insurance disputes: an insurer cannot escape liability for a covered loss merely by advancing a technical interpretation of a proposal form or policy condition without producing evidence to support its defence. In The Oriental Insurance Company Limited v. Pooja Paper Tube Industries, R/First Appeal […]

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22/08/2026, 2 weeks ago

Minor’s Right to Study Abroad Cannot Be Blocked by Absent Parental Consent, Rules Rajasthan High Court

Introduction: The Rajasthan High Court has reaffirmed that a minor child’s constitutional right to travel abroad cannot be defeated merely because one parent refuses, or is unavailable, to provide consent for the issuance of a passport. In Riddham Deora v. Union of India, S.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 17014/2026, Justice Anoop Kumar Dhand directed the […]

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22/08/2026, 2 weeks ago

Jharkhand High Court Stays Mass Cancellation of Recruitment, Reaffirms Natural Justice for Regular Appointees

Introduction: The Jharkhand High Court has reiterated an important principle of service jurisprudence: even where serious allegations of corruption surround a recruitment process, regularly appointed employees cannot ordinarily be removed or have their appointments cancelled without adherence to the principles of natural justice and due process. In an interim order passed in Saurav Singh & […]

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22/08/2026, 2 weeks ago

Supreme Court Recasts Judicial Recruitment: One-Year Practice, Mandatory Training and a Transitional Safety Net

Introduction: The Supreme Court has significantly recalibrated the framework governing entry into the lower judiciary, retaining the principle that candidates should ordinarily possess prior exposure to the legal profession while substantially reducing the earlier requirement of three years of practice. In Bhumika Trust v. Union of India and connected cases, W.P.(C) No. 001110/2025 and connected […]

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22/08/2026, 2 weeks ago

Kerala High Court Advances Urgent Hearing on Access to High-Cost Patented Breast Cancer Medicines

Introduction: The Kerala High Court on August 21, 2026, took another significant step in its continuing examination of the high cost of life-saving patented medicines by allowing a breast cancer patient, who is presently undergoing treatment with Ribociclib, to be impleaded as an additional respondent in a suo motu proceeding concerning the exorbitant pricing of […]

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