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Bombay High Court Holds School Authorities Not Liable Under Section 21(2) POCSO for Failure to Report Alleged POCSO Offence; Findings Based on Prompt Facilitation of CCTV Footage and Absence of Intentional Suppression. The Court Ruled That Duty to Report Under Section 21(2) Arises Only After Verification and That Continuing Proceedings Would Be Abuse of Process....

The litigation arose from a criminal writ petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India and Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, seeking to quash FIR No.542 of 2024 dat...

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Madras High Court Dismisses Revenue's Intra-Court Appeals in CENVAT Credit Dispute Over User Test Certificate Requirement. Court Holds User Test Certificate Is Not Mandatory Where Revenue Has Not Alleged Doubt Over Usage of Machinery Under CENVAT Credit Rules, 2004....

The judgment concerns intra-court writ appeals filed by the Revenue before the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court against a common order dated 10.10.2023 passed by a single judge in Review Applica...

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Madras High Court Allows Writ Appeal in Incentive Increment Dispute Over M.Phil Degree Recognition. Division Bench Follows Earlier Ruling that M.Phil Degree from UGC-Recognized University Cannot Be Ignored and Quashes Recovery....

The dispute arose from a writ petition filed by an employee of an aided school seeking incentive increments for an M.Phil degree obtained from Vinayaga Mission University, Salem. The learned Single Ju...

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Madras High Court Dismisses TNPSC Appeal in Agricultural Officer Recruitment Dispute Over Date of Birth Typo. Court Holds Inadvertent Error in Online Application Cannot Justify Rejection When Candidate Meets Cut-Off, and Directs Interview with Supernumerary Post if Needed....

The dispute arose from a recruitment process conducted by the Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission for the post of Agricultural Officer (Extension) in the Tamil Nadu Agricultural Service. The responde...

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Madras High Court Dismisses Writ Petition Against Compulsory Retirement of Court Employee for Bribery Allegations. Charge of Accepting Bribe for Numbering Civil Suits Held Proved Based on CCTV Footage Despite Non-Examination of Complainant in Disciplinary Proceedings....

The petitioner, formerly a Head Clerk in the District Munsif Court, Pappireddipatti, challenged the order of compulsory retirement from service imposed after disciplinary proceedings on the charge of ...

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High Court of Karnataka Dismisses Writ Petition Seeking Mandamus for Water Release from Narayanapur Dam for Irrigation. Court holds that decisions of an Irrigation Advisory Committee are recommendatory and not binding on the State, and that mandamus cannot issue to compel implementation of such recommendations....

The petitioners, four farmers from Yadgir district, filed a writ petition under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India seeking a writ of mandamus to direct the respondents (State of Karnata...

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High Court of Karnataka Dismisses Writ Appeals Against Land Acquisition for Sir M. Visveswaraya Layout; Upholds Single Judge's Order. The appeals challenged acquisition notifications under Sections 17(1) and 19(1) of the BDA Act, 1976, alleging arbitrary exclusion and violation of constitutional rights....

This matter concerns four writ appeals filed under Section 4 of the Karnataka High Court Act, 1961, challenging a common order dated June 6, 2006, of a learned Single Judge. The appeals arise from lan...

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Karnataka High Court Considers BDA's Appeal Against Quashing of Land Acquisition Notifications Under Bangalore Development Authority Act, 1976. Case Involves Dispute Over Inclusion of 5 Acres Not in Preliminary Notification and Offer of 40% Developed Land as Compensation....

The Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) initiated acquisition proceedings for 4,043 acres 27 guntas of land to form the Nadaprabhu Kempegowda Layout. Following a resolution on 3 September 2007 and s...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Petition Seeking MD Medicine Admission Under In-Service Quota Due to Failure to Challenge Cut-off Date and Concealment of Diploma. Petitioner’s Non-disclosure of Postgraduate Diploma and Non-challenge to Cut-off Date as per Supreme Court Directions Rendered the Petition Unworthy of Relief....

The petitioner, a medical officer serving in rural hospitals, challenged the PG medical admission process for the in-service category for academic year 2023-24. He alleged that respondent no. 6 had ob...