The Supreme Court has held that individuals who accept employment on compassionate grounds cannot later seek appointment to a higher post by claiming parity with regular recruitment standards. The Court clarified that compassionate appointment is a special concession meant to provide immediate financial relief to a family in distress, and not a mode of career…
The Delhi High Court has ruled that airline pilots qualify as workmen under the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, regardless of the level of salary they draw. The Court held that remuneration cannot be the sole criterion for denying pilots the statutory protections available to workmen under labour laws. The judgment was delivered while examining a…
The Supreme Court has expressed serious concern over the Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) authority to provisionally attach and seize assets without prior judicial scrutiny, flagging the potential for misuse of such wide-ranging powers. The observations were made while the Court was hearing a matter related to proceedings under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). During…
The President of India has directed Justice Nisha Banu to take charge as a judge of the Kerala High Court on or before December 20, according to an official communication issued by the Union government. The direction follows her transfer from the Madras High Court, which had earlier been recommended by the Supreme Court Collegium….
The Union government has told the Lok Sabha that a proposal to establish regional benches of the Supreme Court was considered and turned down by the Court’s full court in 2010. Responding to a question in Parliament, the Centre clarified that the idea did not receive the approval of the apex court, and therefore no…
A large group of former judges from the Supreme Court and various High Courts has issued a forceful public statement opposing the impeachment proceedings initiated against Justice G.R. Swaminathan of the Madras High Court. Their collective intervention comes at a time when more than a hundred Members of Parliament belonging to the INDIA bloc, particularly…
The Supreme Court has sharply criticised an NGO for attempting to reopen a settled constitutional issue concerning the rights of minority educational institutions under the Right to Education (RTE) Act, 2009. In a strongly worded order, the Court imposed ₹1 lakh in costs on the petitioner, stating that it was “enraged” by the filing of…
The Supreme Court has put on hold a Kerala High Court ruling that had concluded the Munambam land in Ernakulam district was not Waqf property. Issuing an interim order, the Court directed that the status quo be maintained until the matter is taken up again on January 27, 2026. A bench comprising Justices Manoj Misra…
The Delhi High Court has refused to halt a previous order that permits Dr Reddy’s Laboratories to produce and export a drug similar to Ozempic, the semaglutide-based medication widely used for diabetes and weight management. The request for a stay was made by Novo Nordisk, the Danish drugmaker that holds patents for semaglutide, but the…
A Delhi court has allowed former JNU student and activist Umar Khalid to leave jail on a short-term bail so he can attend his sister’s wedding later this month. The order was issued by Additional Sessions Judge Sameer Bajpai, who approved interim bail for the period December 16 to December 29, 2025, subject to a…