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Supreme Court Upholds Disciplinary Proceedings Despite Pending Criminal Case: Eastern Coalfields Ltd. vs. Rabindra Kumar Bharti (2022)

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Supreme Court Upholds Disciplinary Proceedings Despite Pending Criminal Case: Eastern Coalfields Ltd. vs. Rabindra Kumar Bharti (2022) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether disciplinary proceedings should be stayed due to a pending criminal case involving the same charges and evidence. CASE TYPE: Service Law, Disciplinary Proceedings Case Name: Eastern Coalfields Limited & Ors. vs. Rabindra Kumar Bharti Judgment […]

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Supreme Court Upholds Merit-Based Selection: Goa PSC vs. Pankaj Rane (2022)

/ Constitutional Law, Constitutional Law with Article 309, Constitutional Law with Article 320, Hrishikesh Roy, Judges, K.M. Joseph, Recruitment Rules, Service Law

Supreme Court Upholds Merit-Based Selection: Goa PSC vs. Pankaj Rane (2022) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether a Public Service Commission can introduce a minimum qualifying mark for the interview stage of a selection process when the relevant rules only specify minimum marks for the written examination. CASE TYPE: Service Law Case Name: Goa Public Service Commission vs.

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Supreme Court Upholds Stepping Up of Pay for Seniors: Union of India vs. C.R. Madhava Murthy (2022)

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Supreme Court Upholds Stepping Up of Pay for Seniors: Union of India vs. C.R. Madhava Murthy (2022) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether senior employees are entitled to a stepping up of pay to match their juniors’ pay when the juniors receive higher pay due to an Assured Career Progression (ACP) Scheme upgradation, despite the seniors having already

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Supreme Court quashes LARSGESS Scheme benefits: Union of India vs. Bhagwan Deen (2022)

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Supreme Court quashes LARSGESS Scheme benefits: Union of India vs. Bhagwan Deen (2022) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether benefits can be claimed under the LARSGESS Scheme after its termination. CASE TYPE: Service Law Case Name: Union of India & Ors. vs. Bhagwan Deen & Anr. Judgment Date: April 05, 2022 Date of the Judgment: April 05, 2022

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Supreme Court Upholds Dismissal for Suppressing Criminal Case Information: Union of India vs. Dilip Kumar Mallick (2022)

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Supreme Court Upholds Dismissal for Suppressing Criminal Case Information: Union of India vs. Dilip Kumar Mallick (2022) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether suppression of information about a pending criminal case during employment verification justifies dismissal from service. CASE TYPE: Service Law Case Name: Union of India & Ors. vs. Dilip Kumar Mallick [Judgment Date]: April 5, 2022

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Supreme Court Grants Parity in Regularization Benefits: Milan Rana vs. Govt. of NCT of Delhi (2022)

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Supreme Court Grants Parity in Regularization Benefits: Milan Rana vs. Govt. of NCT of Delhi (2022) Date of the Judgment: April 05, 2022 Citation: 2022 INSC 289 Judges: Uday Umesh Lalit, J., S. Ravindra Bhat, J., Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha, J. Can an employee be denied benefits that were previously granted to a similarly situated employee?

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Supreme Court clarifies conditions for Revised Pay Scale implementation in State PSUs: Odisha State Financial Corporation vs. Odisha State Financial Corporation Employees Union & Ors. (2022)

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Odisha State Financial Corporation vs. Odisha State Financial Corporation Employees Union & Ors. LEGAL ISSUE: Whether a State Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) can implement revised pay scales without approval from the Administrative and Finance Departments. CASE TYPE: Service Law. Case Name: Odisha State Financial Corporation vs. Odisha State Financial Corporation Employees Union & Ors. Judgment

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Supreme Court Upholds Back Wages for Employee Kept Out of Work Due to Stay Order: Salim Ali Centre for Ornithology & Natural History vs. Dr. Mathew K. Sebastian (2022) INSC 346 (04 April 2022)

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Supreme Court Upholds Back Wages for Employee Kept Out of Work Due to Stay Order Date of the Judgment: 04 April 2022 Citation: (2022) INSC 346 Judges: M.R. Shah, J. and B.V. Nagarathna, J. Can an employer avoid paying back wages to an employee who was reinstated by court order but kept out of work

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Supreme Court grants revised pension benefits to retired college teachers from 1st April 2010: Dr. Y. Ibehaibi Devi vs. State of Manipur (2022)

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Supreme Court grants revised pension benefits to retired college teachers from 1st April 2010: Dr. Y. Ibehaibi Devi vs. State of Manipur (2022) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether retired college teachers are entitled to revised pension benefits from 1st April 2010, as applicable to other State Government employees, or from 1st November 2010, as contended by the

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Supreme Court clarifies Career Advancement Scheme for NIT teachers: National Institute of Technology vs. Om Prakash Rahi (2022)

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Supreme Court clarifies Career Advancement Scheme for NIT teachers: National Institute of Technology vs. Om Prakash Rahi (2022) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether the Career Advancement Scheme (CAS) for teachers in National Institutes of Technology (NITs) allows for automatic promotion to a higher pay band and redesignation upon completion of a certain number of years of service,

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Supreme Court Upholds Recovery of Excess Payments to In-Service Nursing Trainees: Mekha Ram vs. State of Rajasthan (29 March 2022)

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Supreme Court Upholds Recovery of Excess Payments to In-Service Nursing Trainees: Mekha Ram vs. State of Rajasthan (2022) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether the State can recover excess payments made to in-service candidates who were on study leave for nursing training, when such payments were made under a previous court order that was later overturned. CASE TYPE:

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Supreme Court Limits Back Pay in JNV University Regularization Case: Jai Narain Vyas University vs. Mukesh Sharma (28 March 2022)

/ B.V. Nagarathna, Back Wages, Consequential Benefits, Judges, M.R. Shah, Regularization of Employees, Service Law

Supreme Court Limits Back Pay in JNV University Regularization Case LEGAL ISSUE: Whether employees of Jai Narain Vyas University, Jodhpur, who have worked for 15-30 years on a contractual basis, are entitled to full back pay upon regularization. CASE TYPE: Service Law Case Name: Jai Narain Vyas University, Jodhpur and Anr. vs. Mukesh Sharma Etc.

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