Every entry in the Annual Confidential Report of a public servant must be communicated to the employee if it adversely affects promotional prospects, regardless of its nomenclature. The dete..

Contempt jurisdiction is confined to examining compliance with binding directions issued in the original proceedings. Courts exercising contempt jurisdiction cannot re-adjudicate issues alre..

Discharge at the pre-trial stage, for lack of evidence to even frame charges, places an accused on a better footing than acquittal after a full trial. Discharge signifies that no material ex..

Dearness allowance payable to serving employees and dearness relief payable to pensioners share a common object of neutralising the impact of inflation. Granting a higher rate of dearness al..

A select list confers eligibility for consideration within the statutory framework; it does not create a vested right to appointment. Where recruitment rules do not provide for a waiting lis..

Migration of a reserved category candidate to open category seats depends solely on the applicable Recruitment Rules or employment notification. Relaxation in a qualifying examination affect..

Adoption is an equal exercise of reproductive and decisional autonomy under Article 21 of the Constitution, and restriction of maternity benefit to adoptive mothers of children below three m..

Creamy layer status within the OBC category cannot be determined solely on the basis of parental salary income. The 1993 Office Memorandum, issued pursuant to Indra Sawhney, mandates that st..

Once all the selected candidates have joined their respective posts then wait listed candidates cannot be absorbed..

Contractual Assistant Professors are entitled for minimum pay scale as that of Regular Assistant Professors..

Unless specifically  excluded, the same would include, ‘Bachelor’s Degree’, ‘Master’s Degree’ and a ‘Doctorate Degree’..

Once it was admitted that advice was necessary then taking action without advice is arbitrary--Proceedings quashed ..