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Reinstatement Service Matter HighCourt Case

September 5, 2025

Negligence in public hiring erodes trust & undermines integrity: HC Says Jobs Secured Through Fraudulent Means Are Void Ab Initio Chandigarh: The Punjab and Haryana high court has observed that public em-ployment opportunities were rare and highly coveted, and that any lapse in the recruitment process risked eroding public trust, undermining the integrity of the…
Suit against Proprietor- Supreme Court Latest

September 4, 2025

The Supreme Court observed there is no distinction between suing a proprietorship in its trade name or in the proprietor’s name, since the firm has no independent legal status and is inseparable from its owner. “Whether proprietorship concern is sued in its name or through its proprietor representing the concerned is one of the same…
Latest Supreme Court on Anticipatory Bail

September 3, 2025

While granting anticipatory bail to an accused, the Supreme Court recently observed that mere non-discovery of incriminating material is not an indicator of non-cooperation on the part of the accused. “Merely because nothing incriminating could be discovered would not mean that there is non-co-operation on the part of accused,” said a bench of Justices Manoj…
Set Aside Order of Interim Maintenance by HighCourt

September 2, 2025

The Madras High Court has recently set aside an order of a Family Court asking a husband to pay Rs. 30,000 per month as interim maintenance to his wife till the pendency of a divorce petition filed by him. Justice PB Balaji noted that the object of awarding interim maintenance, under Section 24 of the…
Section 372 CrPC Victim Appeal- Supreme Court

September 1, 2025

The Supreme Court has held that when a victim dies during the pendency of an appeal against an accused’s acquittal, the victim’s legal heirs can step in as substitutes to prosecute the appeal originally filed by the deceased victim. The Court said that the right to appeal of a victim under the proviso to Section…