State of Gujarat – Std 10 not mandatory for NEET Admission

In a very positive development for the Students aspiring to take admission in Professional Medical Courses in the State of Gujarat, who had challenged the legality and validity of the Rule 4(3) of Gujarat Professional Medical Educational Courses (Regulation of Admission in Undergraduate Courses ) Rules, 2017, the Special Civil Applications were filed before the Hon’ble…

Indian Laws Relating To Maintenance

Definition The word maintenance is of wide connotation. The most precise definition of it has been given under Section 3 (b) of the Hindu Adoption & Maintenance Act, 1956, which reads as under:- “in all cases, provisions for food, clothing, residence, education and medical attendance and treatment; in the case of an unmarried daughter, also…

Rights of Inheritance of Muslim Woman – Muslim Personal Laws in India

The Muslim Law of Succession is a combination of four sources i.e. the Holy Quran, Sunna (practice of prophet), Ijma, (Consensus of the learned men of the community over the decision over a particular subject matter), Qiya (deductions based on analogy on what is right and just in accordance with good principles). Muslim law recognises…

Upper cap of 3 months for suspension period for govt. employees if not given charge sheet

In a remarkable judgment in service law jurisprudence, a two judge bench of the Supreme Court has held that a government employee cannot be kept suspended for more than three months if not formally informed about the charges. However, the charges under departmental proceedings may continue even after revocation or reinstatement to the job. Based…

Departmental Inquiry is no Ground to Deny Pension or Subsistence Allowance to Employee

Case name: UCO Bank & Ors. v. Rajendra Shankar Shukla In the case, the Supreme Court made a scathing attack on the Appellant Bank in view of illegalities in departmental inquiry against the Respondent Employee including the fact that the Respondent employee was denied even the subsistence allowance during the pendency of the inquiry against…

Compassionate Appointment cannot be claimed as a matter of right

Case name: Rajasthan State road Transport Corporation and ors. v. Revat Singh In this case, the Supreme Court while relying on its decisions in the case of I.G.(Karmik) and others vs. Prahalad Mani Tripathi and Steel Authority of India Limited v. Madhusudan Das, held that compassionate appointment cannot be granted to a post for which the candidate is ineligible….

SC’s Guidelines for Employer in case of Suppression of Information by Employee

Case name: Avtar Singh v. Union of India In this case the Court considered the cleavage of opinion in various decisions on the question of suppression of information or submitting false information in the verification form as to the question of having been criminally prosecuted, arrested or as to pendency of a criminal case. The…

Jobs Secured on the basis of Fake Caste Certificates to be Rendered Invalid

Case name: Managing Director FCI and Ors. v. Jagdish Balram Bahira and Ors. Recently, the Supreme Court was confronted with a batch of petitions involving individuals who sought the benefit of public employment on the basis of a claim to belong to a beneficiary group which upon investigation was found to be invalid. In the case  Supreme Court has rendered…