In the ongoing dispute between the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) and the Sahara Hospitality Limited, with regards to the property tax of the popular 'Sahara Star' - the five star hotel near Mumbai International Airport, the Bombay High Court recently made it clear if the hotel owners deposit Rs 23.89 crores within a period of four weeks, the water connection of th...

A Judicial Officer has moved the Rajasthan High Court to challenge his recent suspension, which was initiated following a preliminary inquiry into "serious allegations" against him in six separate cases.

Judicial Officer Rajendra Sahu, who was serving as an Additional District and Sessions Judge (ADJ) in Bhinmal, Jalore district, was suspended la...

If a departmental enquiry, even if harsh or unpleasant is initiated against an employee, the same cannot amount to 'abetting' the person's suicide, the Bombay High Court held earlier this week, while discharging four employees of an Ashram School, booked for 'conspiring' to falsely implicate a fellow teacher of the school in a case leading to his suicide.

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The Supreme Court on April 10 observed that in large-scale public recruitment processes conducted through online systems, even minor errors in applications or supporting documents can legitimately lead to rejection of candidature, and courts should ordinarily refrain from interfering with such decisions as it may delay recruitment and adversely affect numerous other candidat...

The Supreme Court on Friday (April 10) observed that granting higher dearness allowance (DA) to serving employees than dearness relief (DR) to pensioners is arbitrary and violates Article 14, ruling that both benefits share a common objective, i.e., neutralising the impact of inflation.

A bench of Justices Manoj Misra and Prasanna B Varale dismissed appeals fi...