What Is the Legal Effect of Withdrawing a Writ Petition Due to Technical Defect? – No Decision on Merits, No Precedential Value

A writ petition withdrawn by the petitioner, with the court’s permission, for a technical defect does not result in a

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September 5, 2025 | High Court of Himachal Pradesh

To What Extent Can High Courts Reappreciate Evidence in Criminal Revision Jurisdiction? | Judgment Upholds Existing Precedent and Confirms Narrow Scope — Binding Authority for Revisional Review

The High Court reaffirmed that its revisional jurisdiction under Sections 397–401 CrPC is extremely limited to correcting patent errors, jurisdictional

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September 5, 2025 | High Court of Himachal Pradesh

Does a Civil Appeal Abate Upon Death of the Sole Appellant When No Legal Representative Seeks Substitution?

The court reaffirmed the settled principle that, where a sole appellant dies during the pendency of a Regular Second Appeal

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September 4, 2025 | High Court of Himachal Pradesh

Does the Benefit of Supreme Court Rulings in Balo Devi and Sunder Singh Extend to Class-III Employees? High Court Reaffirms Precedent and Directs Reconsideration

The Himachal Pradesh High Court reaffirms that judicial benefits accorded to Class-IV employees by the Supreme Court in Balo Devi

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September 4, 2025 | High Court of Himachal Pradesh

Does Notional Extension of Retirement Age for Regularised Daily Wage Employees Mandate Full Salary or Only Notional Pay Fixation for Pension Calculation? (Precedent Upheld and Clarified; Binding Authority for Himachal Pradesh Public Employment Matters)

The court reaffirms that for Class-IV employees regularised after 10.05.2001, but retired before 21.02.2018 at age 58, their retirement is

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September 4, 2025 | High Court of Himachal Pradesh

Does the Applicability of Pensionary Benefits from Balo Devi and Sunder Singh Extend to Class-III Employees? Clarification and Expansion of Scope by the Himachal Pradesh High Court

The Himachal Pradesh High Court reaffirms and clarifies that the judicial directions for pensionary benefits set by the Supreme Court

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September 4, 2025 | High Court of Himachal Pradesh

When Are Class-IV Employees Regularized After Daily Wage Service Entitled to Pension and Notional Pay Fixation: Does Baldev Singh Principle Apply Retroactively? — Principle Affirmed as Binding Authority

The Himachal Pradesh High Court reaffirms that Class-IV employees, engaged as daily wagers prior to 10.05.2001 and regularized thereafter, are

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September 4, 2025 | High Court of Himachal Pradesh

Can a Dismissed Divorce Petition Be Set Aside and the Matrimonial Relationship Restored on Compromise Before a High Court? Clarification on the Finality of Decrees in Matrimonial Matters Following an Appellate Settlement

The Himachal Pradesh High Court held that, upon appeal from the dismissal of a divorce petition, the court may facilitate

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September 4, 2025 | High Court of Himachal Pradesh

Is Statutory Interest Mandatory on Delayed Payment of Retiral Benefits When Employer Concedes Delay? (Precedent Confirmed)

The Himachal Pradesh High Court has reaffirmed that statutory interest on delayed payment of retiral benefits must be paid, even

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September 4, 2025 | High Court of Himachal Pradesh

Can an insurer allege fundamental breach for use of an invalid driving licence without pleading the owner’s knowledge of its invalidity?

High Court reaffirms that insurers must plead and prove the insured’s awareness of licence invalidity before alleging breach—binding on all

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September 4, 2025 | High Court of Himachal Pradesh

Can High Courts Summarily Dispose Execution Petitions Pending Interim Supreme Court Orders?

  Summary Category Data Case Name EX.P./571/2024 of RAJ KUMAR AND ORS Vs STATE OF HP AND ORS CNR HPHC010210412024

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August 19, 2025 | High Court of Himachal Pradesh