Are Recruitment Advertisement Conditions for Judicial Service Appointments Strictly Mandatory, or Can Deviations Be Relaxed Based on Equity or Compassion?

The High Court restates that terms of recruitment advertisements, such as mandatory signature requirements on each page of application forms,

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September 10, 2025 | High Court of Punjab and Haryana

Does Compensation Under the Motor Vehicles Act for Deceased Agricultural Landowners Necessarily Require Assessment Using Minimum Wages and Future Prospects? (Clarification, Upheld by High Court—Binding Authority)

The Punjab and Haryana High Court clarified that minimum wages for skilled workers must guide the income assessment for deceased

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September 10, 2025 | High Court of Punjab and Haryana

Is Reinstatement with Continuity and Back Wages Mandatory Where Termination Violates Sections 25-F & 25-G of the Industrial Disputes Act?

The High Court reaffirmed that termination of workmen in violation of Sections 25-F and 25-G of the Industrial Disputes Act,

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September 10, 2025 | High Court of Punjab and Haryana

Can Proceedings for Non-Compoundable Matrimonial Offences Be Quashed Under Section 482 CrPC/Section 528 BNSS When Parties Amicably Settle? | Existing Precedent Reaffirmed – Binding Authority

Quashing of FIRs and criminal proceedings under non-compoundable matrimonial offences (including Section 498-A IPC) is permissible in exercise of inherent

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September 10, 2025 | High Court of Punjab and Haryana

Clarification on the principle of judicial disposal of contempt petitions upon respondent’s compliance, and the live utility of such orders as binding authority.

A contempt petition becomes infructuous and is disposed of when both parties agree that the original order has been fully

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September 10, 2025 | High Court of Punjab and Haryana

Does Joining Proceedings After Execution of Non-Bailable Warrants Justify Quashing the Warrants?

Clarification on the Court’s Approach Under Section 528, BNSS – Existing Principles Reaffirmed Binding Authority for Subordinate Courts on Procedural

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September 10, 2025 | High Court of Punjab and Haryana

Does Engagement as a “Voluntary Motivator” Without Employer-Employee Relationship Entitle to Regularization? – High Court Reaffirms Distinction and Dismisses LPA

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has reaffirmed that individuals engaged as Motivators/Master Motivators on a purely voluntary, incentive-based basis,

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September 10, 2025 | High Court of Punjab and Haryana

Does Section 145 of the Electricity Act, 2003 Bar Civil Court Jurisdiction Over Electricity-Related Disputes? | Precedent Affirmed as Binding Authority

The Punjab and Haryana High Court reaffirms, in line with recent Division Bench authority, that Section 145 of the Electricity

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September 10, 2025 | High Court of Punjab and Haryana

Does Section 145 of the Electricity Act, 2003 Bar the Jurisdiction of Civil Courts? Clarification and Affirmation by the High Court

The High Court affirms that, in light of the Division Bench decision in “Mahesh Kumar v. Sub Divisional Officer and

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September 10, 2025 | High Court of Punjab and Haryana

Can Anticipatory Bail Be Granted in Cases Involving Aggravated Penetrative Sexual Assault on a Minor Under the POCSO Act and Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita?

The High Court reaffirmed that in cases involving grave allegations of aggravated penetrative sexual assault on a minor, as under

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September 10, 2025 | High Court of Punjab and Haryana

Can Criminal Proceedings Under Sections 498A/406 IPC Be Quashed Upon Settlement Between Matrimonial Parties?

Court holds that it is in the interest of justice to quash FIRs under Sections 498A/406/34 IPC when matrimonial disputes

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September 10, 2025 | High Court of Delhi

Does an Assessment Order Under GST Require the Assessing Officer’s Signature to Be Valid? — High Court of Andhra Pradesh Affirms Existing Precedent

The Andhra Pradesh High Court holds that absence of a signature on a GST assessment order renders it invalid; affirms

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September 10, 2025 | High Court of Andhra Pradesh