Category - Latest Judgments

A. Service Law — Promotion — Reservation — Insofar as making of provisions for reservation in matters of promotion to any class or classes of post is concerned, such a provision can be made in favour of SC/ST category employees...

Criminal Law — Criminal Trial — Constructive/Vicarious liability — Accused — Company — Criminal liability of persons controlling the affairs of the accused Company — There has to be a specific act attributed to the Director or...

A. Penal Code, 1860 — Ss. 363, 109 and 364-A — Kidnapping for ransom — Acquittal reversed — Appreciation of evidence — Accused — appellant and co — accused allegedly kidnapped informant’s child and demand ransom of Rs 1 lakhs for...

Agricultural Produce, Livestock and Markets — Karnataka Agricultural Produce Marketing (Regulation) Act, 1966 — S. 84(4) — Suit for enforcement of provisions of Act — Prior sanction of the Market Committee, is mandatory — In...

A. Criminal Law — Criminal Trial — Juvenile/Child Accused — Medical Jurisprudence/Evidence — Age — Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Rules, 2007 — Determination of age — Absence of documentary evidence to support...

Mr. Gonsalves, learned senior counsel appearing for the petitioner submitted that he intends to give status report and certain suggestions so that there will be real improvement in the homes meant for mentally challenged persons...

Service Law — Appointment — Post of High School Assistant (Physical Sciences) — Notification dt. 30-4-2008 providing that selection of candidates can be made only if they had qualified the Graduation/Post Graduation either in...

Delay condoned.

Education and Universities — UGC (Institutions Deemed to be Universities) Regulations, 2010 — Regn. 22 — Deemed universities — The complex situation arose when certain deemed universities created by the Central Government, seemed...

Service Law — Retirement/Superannuation — Retiral benefits — Voluntary retirement — Retrospective increase in the salary — Whether benefit extendable to retired employees — Additional benefits given to employees who had opted for...