CAT Allahabad rules that a WhatsApp ‘OK’ reply alone cannot prove leave approval and upholds a railway employee’s administrative transfer.
Read Full ArticleDelhi High Court upholds ante-dated Scientist C promotion and directs FCS assessment for Scientist D, exempting a retired scientist from the interview.
The Supreme Court held that Gujarat daily-wage skilled workers treated as permanent under the 1988 Government Resolution are entitled to the retirement-day increment and revised pension.
Supreme Court weekly roundup featuring 6 key rulings on cheque-bounce notice, compromise decrees, BNSS cognizance, arbitration, Delhi-NCR safety and pay parity.
Supreme Court sets aside the Allahabad High Court order and directs pay parity for a senior college teacher, holding that a senior employee cannot draw lower pay than a junior in the same post without a valid justification.
Supreme Court restores removal of an RPSF constable, holding that a call letter for initial training was not the operative appointment order for Article 311(1).
The Supreme Court held that employees subsequently regularised are entitled to count their pre-regularisation service as qualifying service for pension, allowing them to remain outside the post-01.01....
Supreme Court upholds discharge of RPF and RPSF constables for suppressing pending criminal cases in verification forms, applying the rule in Avtar Singh.
Supreme Court holds illegal absorption cannot be cured by lapse of time or long service and orders repatriation of four Haryana PWD engineers to their parent department.
Supreme Court rules an employer cannot sit on a medical VRS application till the employee crosses 55 and then deny compassionate appointment on that ground.
Calcutta HC dismisses a transport corporation's appeal, holding it could not raise financial stringency to reject a compassionate appointment claim when that ground was never in the original order.
Delhi HC rules tattoo removal after LDCE medical disqualification cannot cure ineligibility; CRPF officers denied promotion as Assistant Commandant.
Chhattisgarh High Court hears plea alleging a nearly decade-long delay in implementing its 2016 transfer order to CAT, seeks records and respondents’ reply.
Supreme Court allows UP HJS aspirants rejected over non-forwarding of applications to appear in Mains, saying candidates cannot be denied on hyper-technical grounds.
Supreme Court rules that a procedural defect at the final appointment stage does not invalidate an entire recruitment process and permits reconsideration of appointments.
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