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A visually impaired District Inspector sought a supernumerary post at Rampur under the RPwD Act, 2016; the Himachal Pradesh High Court held the provision plainly inapplicable to his case.
Himachal Pradesh High Court holds that a cheque returned as “88-Old Cheque” following the Oriental Bank of Commerce-Punjab National Bank merger does not bar a Section 138 complaint; the question of sufficient funds must go to trial.
The Himachal Pradesh High Court held that a MACT can award compensation only against an insurer, owner, or driver, and that an insurance company cannot compel the claimant to implead NHAI or a road contractor.
Himachal Pradesh High Court confirmed anticipatory bail for Tripta Devi after finding that 15 grams of chitta recovered from her house bore her daughter's name on the envelope.
The Himachal Pradesh High Court dismissed the State's appeal, holding that a four-year delay in filing the writ petition cannot deny a forest worker wages from the date of the Labour Court's reinstatement award.
The Himachal Pradesh High Court dismissed a criminal complaint challenging a departmental dismissal, warning that reckless corruption allegations against a judicial officer may amount to criminal contempt.
Himachal Pradesh High Court directed the State Education Department to return land given by a petitioner's grandfather after the school built on it was closed and merged with a nearby institution.
Justice Rakesh Kainthla held that a principal publicly branding a child a thief and threatening police action constitutes prima facie mental cruelty under Section 75 of the JJ Act.
The Himachal Pradesh High Court found the Deputy Commissioner, Kullu, and two police officers to have colluded with organisers of large-scale rave parties at Kasol's Parvati Valley, directing their transfer within a week and an SIT investigation.
Justice Rakesh Kainthla dismissed a quashing petition targeting a 2016 vigilance FIR, holding that delay alone cannot defeat a Prevention of Corruption Act prosecution where no actual prejudice is shown.
The Himachal Pradesh High Court found removal from service disproportionate where the constable's superior was himself punished for orchestrating the same misconduct.
A Division Bench of the Himachal Pradesh High Court upheld concurrent findings that a security guard's termination without Section 25-F compliance was illegal, rejecting the college's contractor-engagement defence.
The Himachal Pradesh High Court directed the District Legal Services Authority, Kullu to inspect rave party sites at Kasol and ordered the Deputy Commissioner and Superintendent of Police to file personal affidavits.
The Himachal Pradesh High Court dismissed the State's appeal, holding that a teacher awarded the Indira Gandhi NSS Award by the President was entitled to two years of salary increment under the 2015 notification.
A Division Bench of the Himachal Pradesh High Court has held, prima facie, that Ex-officio Members — MLAs — have no right to vote in elections for President and Vice President of Municipalities under HP law.
Justice Sandeep Sharma quashed FIR No. 467 of 2020 against Mars Bottlers proprietor Manik Kumar, finding Section 39 prosecution unsustainable for batch-labelling errors, while compounding the two-box permit violation.
The Himachal Pradesh High Court dismissed a criminal revision against an SDM's order directing co-owners to remove an obstruction on a customary village path in Khasra No.720, Kinnaur.
The Himachal Pradesh High Court quashed an FIR and a Section 156(3) CrPC order because the complainant approached the Director General of Police instead of the local Station House Officer first.
The Himachal Pradesh High Court quashed an FIR and a Magistrate's Section 156(3) order because the complainant approached the Director General of Police instead of the local Station House Officer first.
The Himachal Pradesh High Court dismissed a Letters Patent Appeal by a former HPSEB employee who sought seniority as Clerk from her 1991 ad hoc promotion, holding the stop-gap arrangement carried no legal right.
The Himachal Pradesh High Court dismissed the State's appeal, holding it vicariously liable for a contractor's failure to erect warning signs on a damaged National Highway stretch, causing a fatal accident.
The Himachal Pradesh High Court held that service on a higher post in multiple spells still counts for increments under FR 26, and that denying the benefit violated Article 14.
