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Category: Service

Service Matters
Service

HELD the recommendations made by the Corporation in introducing the ORSP Rules, 2008 for the employees of the Corporation in the absence of being approved by the Administrative Department, i.e., MSME, in the instant case, and by the Finance Department were not available for implementation and the finding which has been recorded by the learned Single Judge and affirmed in appeal, in our considered view, is not sustainable and deserves to be set aside.

Apr 10, 2022 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH ODISHA STATE FINANCIAL CORPORATION — Appellant Vs. ODISHA STATE FINANCIAL CORPORATION EMPLOYEES UNION AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before : Ajay Rastogi and Sanjiv…

Service Matters
Service

HELD The State has made conscious decision to delink the retirees from the service conditions guiding the serving staffs of the concerned institutions and placed them in the retirement rules meant for those in the Manipur State Service. In such a situation, we do not think the anomaly pointed out in the judgment under appeal

Apr 10, 2022 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH DR. Y. IBEHAIBI DEVI (D) BY LRS. AND OTHERS — Appellant Vs. THE STATE OF MANIPUR REPRESENTED BY THE COMMISSIONER (HIGHER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION)…

Service Matters
Service

HELD we consider it appropriate to observe that let the respondent teachers may continue for the time being and the appellants may initiate the process to consider the respondent teachers for pay band of Rs. 37400-67000 with AGP Rs.9000 and for re-designation as Associate Professor in terms of the guidelines dated 14th March, 2012 and 18th March 2013. Such exercise may be undertaken within a period of four months

Apr 10, 2022 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND ANOTHER — Appellant Vs. OM PRAKASH RAHI AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before : Ajay Rastogi and Abhay S.…

Service Matters
Service

Division Bench of the High Court is absolutely justified in reserving liberty in favour of the State to recover the amount paid in excess to the original writ petitioners. It is required to be noted that even while reserving liberty to recover the amount paid in excess, the Division Bench has observed that the same be recovered in easy equal installments.

Apr 10, 2022 sclaw

DIVISION BENCH MEKHA RAM AND OTHERS ETC. ETC. — Appellant Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND OTHERS ETC. ETC. — Respondent ( Before : M.R. Shah and B.V. Nagarathna, JJ. )…

Service Matters
Service

Once it is admitted, (i) that the disciplinary proceedings commenced with an Inquiry Committee of which the President was a member; and (ii) that subsequently he was replaced by someone due to ill health, the doctrine of necessity would come into play. Hence the impugned orders of the High Court and the School Tribunal are liable to be reversed.

Apr 9, 2022 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH JAI BHAVANI SHIKSHAN PRASARAK MANDAL — Appellant Vs. RAMESH AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before : Hemant Gupta and V. Ramasubramanian, JJ. ) Civil…

Service Matters
Service

Service Law – Regularization with all consequential benefits – There is no heavy financial burden upon the University and at the same time to strike a balance and considering the fact that the respective original writ petitioners have worked for more than 15 to 30 years, if it is ordered that the actual consequential benefits on regularization of their services are restricted to three years prior to filing of the writ petitions

Apr 9, 2022 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH JAI NARAIN VYAS UNIVERSITY, JODHPUR AND ANOTHER — Appellant Vs. MUKESH SHARMA ETC. ETC. — Respondent ( Before : M.R. Shah and B.V. Nagarathna,…

Service Matters
Service

Absorption and regularisation – When the employee were appointed on a fixed term and on a fixed salary in a temporary unit which was created for a particular project, no such direction could have been issued by the High Court to absorb them in Government service and to regularise their services –

Apr 2, 2022 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH THE STATE OF GUJARAT AND OTHERS — Appellant Vs. R.J. PATHAN AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before : M.R. Shah and B.V. Nagarathna, JJ.…

Service Matters
Service

Appellant has been teaching the very same subject for the past nearly 16 years – Original Selection Committee which found him eligible for appointment, comprised of Professors from the Department of Sanskrit of which the diploma course in ‘Karm Kand’ was a part, a direction is issued to the University to regularise the services of the appellant.

Mar 31, 2022 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH DINESH CHANDRA SHUKLA — Appellant Vs. STATE OF U.P. AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before : Hemant Gupta and V. Ramasubramanian, JJ. ) Civil…

Service Matters
Service

Armed Forces Tribunal Act, 2007 – Section 71(e) – Army Act, 1950 – Section 52(f) and 123 – Dismissal from service – Procurement of ration by Army purchase organisation – It cannot be said that the respondent has actually committed fraud or did any such act, which resulted in actual loss or wrongful gain to any person – Dismissal not sustainable

Mar 30, 2022 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS — Appellant Vs. LT. GEN. (RETD.) S.K. SAHNI — Respondent ( Before : L. Nageswara Rao and B.R. Gavai,…

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Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Bail — Anticipatory Bail — Supreme Court granted leave to appeal against High Court’s rejection of bail in anticipation of arrest — Custodial interrogation not required — Appellant may be admitted to bail in anticipation of arrest upon arrest, subject to terms and conditions fixed by the trial court — Appellant directed not to dissuade witnesses from disclosing facts to authorities.

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