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Principle of `equal pay for equal work’, in relation to temporary employees (daily-wage employees, ad-hoc appointees, employees appointed on casual basis HELD that all the concerned temporary employees, in the present bunch of cases, would be entitled to draw wages at the minimum of the pay-scale (-at the lowest grade, in the regular pay-scale), extended to regular employees, holding the same post.

Feb 28, 2021 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA Before:- Jagdish Singh Khehar and S.A. Bobde, JJ. Civil Appeal No. 213 Of 2013. D/d. 26.10.2016. State of Punjab & Ors. – Appellants Versus Jagjit Singh…

Service Matters
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Constitution of India, 1950 – Art 14, 16 & 21 – Pension Scheme – Retired employees – Whenever such new benefit is extended for the existing employees, retired employees cannot seek such benefit, merely on the ground that they too were the former employees of the Corporation.

Feb 25, 2021 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA FULL BENCH HIMACHAL ROAD TRANSPORT CORPORATION AND ANOTHER — Appellant Vs. HIMACHAL ROAD TRANSPORT CORPORATION RETIRED EMPLOYEES UNION — Respondent ( Before : Ashok Bhushan, R.…

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Motor Transport – Selection process is mandated due to the posts of Head Constable Motor Transport being highly technical – Rules are neither discriminatory nor arbitrary – Constable Drivers can be promoted on the basis of seniority to Head Constable Drivers – If they desire to be appointed as Head Constable Motor Transport, then they have to go through selection process –

Feb 25, 2021 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH RAJESH KUMAR SINGH AND OTHERS — Appellant Vs. THE STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before : L. Nageswara Rao and…

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Heart ailment – Section 2(i) of the Act takes into account visual disability, locomotor disability, mental illness, mental retardation, hearing impairment and leprosy – A heart ailment is not covered within the definition of disability in the Act – When the 1995 Act was replaced by the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016,

Feb 16, 2021 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA FULL BENCH NAWAL KISHORE SHARMA — Appellant Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before : Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Dinesh Maheshwari and Hrishikesh Roy,…

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Cr P C

Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Sections 451 & 457 — Release of Seized Property — Trial Court rejecting release application for iron ore on grounds of applicant’s failure to substantiate ownership — High Court setting aside trial court’s order without examining correctness of its finding on ownership — High Court should have either agreed with trial court’s finding on ownership or recorded reasons for disagreeing — Failure to do so warrants interference and remand.

Oct 12, 2025 sclaw
Evidence Act

Evidence Act, 1872 — Section 50 — Opinion as to relationship, when relevant — Opinion expressed by conduct of person with special knowledge on relationship is relevant — Essentials are court’s opinion, expression through conduct, and person having special knowledge — Conduct alone is not proof but an intermediate step to infer opinion — Opinion must be proved by direct evidence — Court needs to weigh evidence to form its own conclusion; Trial Court erred in treating opinion of witnesses as fact rather than evidence to be weighed and failed to independently assess credibility.

Oct 12, 2025 sclaw
Anticipatory Bail Corruption

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.

Oct 12, 2025 sclaw
Cr P C

Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 366 — Death Sentence Reference — Sentencing Procedure — Conviction and death penalty were pronounced on the same day without a proper inquiry into aggravating and mitigating circumstances, psychological evaluation, or jail conduct report. This haste violated established sentencing principles and vitiated the death sentence.

Oct 12, 2025 sclaw