Does Delay and Laches Bar Reference of Industrial Disputes After Long Periods? Himachal Pradesh High Court Reaffirms Stale Claims Principle and Binding Value of Full Bench Precedents

The Himachal Pradesh High Court has upheld existing legal principles that claims for reference to the Labour Court under the

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September 10, 2025 | High Court of Himachal Pradesh

Can the Appropriate Government Refuse to Refer Stale Industrial Disputes to the Labour Court Due to Inordinate Delay? Clarification and Affirmation of Binding Precedents on Delay and Laches in Industrial Dispute References

The Himachal Pradesh High Court has reaffirmed that inordinate and unexplained delay in raising an industrial dispute may justify refusal

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September 10, 2025 | High Court of Himachal Pradesh

When Can the Government Refuse to Refer an Industrial Dispute Due to Delay? — Precedent Reaffirmed on Stale Claims Under Section 10(1) of the Industrial Disputes Act

The Himachal Pradesh High Court reaffirms that the government may refuse to refer an industrial dispute to the Labour Court

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September 10, 2025 | High Court of Himachal Pradesh

Can Delay and Laches Bar Reference of Industrial Disputes for Fictional Breaks — Himachal Pradesh High Court Affirms State’s Power Not to Refer Stale Claims under Section 10(1) ID Act

The Himachal Pradesh High Court reaffirms that the State Government is empowered to refuse reference of industrial disputes under Section

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September 10, 2025 | High Court of Himachal Pradesh

Does Compensation for Land Acquisition Become Barred by Delay, Laches, or Implied Consent When State Constructs Public Roads Without Due Process? — Affirmation of Article 300A and Rejection of State’s Defenses

The Himachal Pradesh High Court reaffirms that the State cannot deprive landowners of compensation for land used in public projects,

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September 10, 2025 | High Court of Himachal Pradesh

Can a Candidate’s Teaching Experience Gained on PTA/SMC Basis in a Government School Be Ignored Merely Due to Lack of Prior Departmental Permission?

The High Court of Himachal Pradesh clarified that teaching experience acquired by working in a government school, as certified by

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September 10, 2025 | High Court of Himachal Pradesh

Can a Writ Petition Seeking Further Relaxation of Cut-off Date and Upper Age Limit Survive When the Government Already Grants the Requested Relief?

Where a writ petition challenges recruitment criteria, the petition becomes infructuous & disposed of when the State extends sought relaxation,

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September 10, 2025 | High Court of Jharkhand

When and How Can a Criminal Court Order Interim Release of a Seized Vehicle Not Used by Its Owner in the Commission of an Offence? – Madras High Court’s Clarification and Conditional Approach

Madras High Court upholds that courts may direct the interim return of a seized vehicle to a non-accused registered owner,

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September 10, 2025 | Madras High Court

Can a Court Order Local Investigation under Order 26 Rule 9 CPC without Sufficient Description of the Disputed Property?

The Calcutta High Court reaffirmed that, in the absence of clear boundaries or sufficient description of the disputed property in

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September 10, 2025 | Calcutta High Court

Can a Licensee Claim Mandamus for Supply of Quota After Expiry of Excise License Period? — High Court Dismisses Writ, Reaffirms Binding Limits of Financial Year in Excise Law

A writ seeking direction to permit supply of country liquor against expired quota was dismissed, as the right did not

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September 10, 2025 | High Court of Uttarakhand

Does Dismissal of a Writ Petition Without Entertaining Merits, Granting Liberty to Pursue Alternate Remedy, Amount to Res Judicata or Estoppel?

The Bombay High Court reaffirmed that when a writ petition is dismissed with liberty to pursue an alternative appellate remedy,

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September 10, 2025 | Bombay High Court

Can the High Court Enhance Maintenance Ordered under Section 125 CrPC in Revision When an Alternate Remedy Exists under Section 127?

High Court affirms that enhancement of maintenance fixed by the Family Court under Section 125 CrPC must be sought through

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September 10, 2025 | Patna High Court