Bombay High Court Quashes Promotion Order in Family Court Registrar Case — Seniority Subject to Fitness Misinterpreted. Rule 3(a) of the Registrar of the Family Courts (Recruitment) Rules, 1995 mandates promotion based on seniority subject to fitness, not comparative merit; supersession of senior employee without finding of unfitness is illegal....
The petitioner, Smt. Shweta Takalgavankar, a Superintendent at the Family Court, Aurangabad, challenged the promotion of respondent no.5, Smt. Asha Bagul, to the post of Registrar, Family Court, Auran...
