Rajasthan HC Warns Private Institutes To 'Desist From Giving Irregular Admissions', Fines Three Dental Colleges ₹7.5 Lakh Per Student

Adopting the principle of equity Rajasthan High Court regularized the admission of certain medical students admitted "irregularly" by three medical colleges in 2018-19 and 2019-2020, subject to the students paying fine of Rs. 1 Lakh. At the same time Justice Dinesh Mehta imposed a cost of Rs. 7.50 Lakhs per student on Vyas Dental College, Eklavya Dental College and Maharaja Ganga Singh...

28 Years On, Rajasthan High Court Asks Authority To Consider Compassionate Appointment Of Man Who Lost Father At Age Of Two

The Rajasthan High Court has asked the State Electricity Transmission Corporation to consider the plea for compassionate appointment of a man, who lost his serving father back in the year 1997. The man was only 2 years old at the time.Ordinarily, compassionate appointment is an "immediate relief" to the family of a deceased government servant, mitigating the financial distress caused by the...

Plant 21 Trees: Rajasthan High Court Imposes Condition On Workman Who Failed To Timely Adduce Evidence In Industrial Dispute

Rajasthan High Court imposed the condition of planting 21 share trees on a workman for allowing his petition seeking another opportunity to adduce evidence in his industrial dispute. His claim was rejected by the Labour Court earlier when he failed to lead evidence on the stipulated date.The bench of Justice Anoop Kumar Dhand said, “Planting trees as directed above, is one such initiative...

Rajasthan HC Modifies Order Asking State To Consider Amending S.273 CrPC On Appearance Of Accused, Notes Amendment Is Already In Place

The Rajasthan High Court has rectified an earlier order where it had asked the state government to consider amending CrPC to provide for appearance of accused through video conferencing to attend trials, after the State moved a plea stating that Section 273 CrPC had already been amended and has been duly notified. For context, the court had in its March 7 order had permitted six men,...

Unregistered Deed Can Be Placed On Record For Collateral Purposes Subject To Payment Of Stamp Duty, Penalty & Proof Of Relevancy: Rajasthan HC

Rajasthan High Court set aside an order of the Trial Court that did not take on record an unregistered partition deed in a suit for permanent injunction, observing that the petitioner could reply upon the partition deed to the extent for collateral purpose pursuant to payment of stamp duty, penalty and proof of relevancy.The bench of Dr. Justice Nupur Bhati relied upon the Supreme Court...

Re-Evaluation Marks Can't Relate Back To Date Of Original Result For Ineligible Candidate To Claim Eligibility For Appointment: Rajasthan HC

The Rajasthan High Court rejected a petition filed by an candidate for appointment to the post of PT Instructor, who had cleared the qualifying exam only in "re-evaluation", the result of which was declared after the original result of the written exam for the post was conducted.Justice Anoop Kumar Dhand relied upon precedents to hold that the result of re-evaluation could not relate back to...

'Shocking, Contemptuous': Rajasthan HC Flags Non-Compliance Of Decade-Old Order For Payment Of Leave Encashment, Says Leniency Shouldn't Be Taken Lightly

Rajasthan High Court has expressed surprise and shock over non-compliance of its order for over a decade by the State, and directed release of the petitioners' encashment of privileged leaves within a period of 3 months. The Court cautioned that non-compliance of the order shall be viewed seriously and followed by disciplinary actions against defaulting officers.Opining the act of the State...

Internship Isn't Employment: Rajasthan HC Rejects Plea For Bonus Marks For Internship During Covid-19 To Seek Appointment As Nursing Officer

The Rajasthan High Court rejected a plea moved by various students pursuing diploma in General Nursing and Midwifery course, who had interned during Covid-19 pandemic period, and had thus sought bonus marks as provided to Covid Health Assistant (CHA) for appointment to the post of Nursing Officer.Justice Arun Monga opined that internship being an integral part of the academic curriculum,...

Officers-In-Charge Handling Department Cases Casually: Rajasthan HC Suggests Improvement Measures, Warns Of Imposing Cost On Erring Officials

The Rajasthan High Court expressed its "pain" over “condemnable negligence and lethargic attitude” of Officers-in-Charge of various departments in not providing the original case file to their respective government counsels observing that it "hampers the process of providing justice to the litigants”. In doing so the high court issued important measures for speeding up cases noting that...

Income Tax Act | Rajasthan HC Dismisses Challenge Against Proceedings Initiated U/S 153C Based On WhatsApp Chats, Says Chats Had Been Corroborated

Rajasthan High Court denied interference with initiation of proceedings under Section 153C of the Income Tax Act, 1961 (“the Act”) that were alleged to be initiated merely based on certain WhatsApp Chats, observing that the information in the chats were completely corroborated by specific transactions and hence, the said chat could be considered to be falling under the definition of...

No Finding That Drop In Marks Was Due To Him: Rajasthan HC Quashes Censure Against Chemistry Teacher For School's Poor 12th Board Result

The Rajasthan High Court set aside the penalty of censure imposed on a school teacher in relation to a charge that the12th Board Exam result in Chemistry of the concerned school remained below the standard fixed by the Department of Education.Justice Anoop Kumar Dhand observed that "there was no allegation that the result of the concerned school dropped due to commission or omission on part...

Drugs & Cosmetics Act | Failed Dissolution Test When Active Content Is Within Limit Is Minor Defect, Does Not Warrant Prosecution: Rajasthan HC

Finding various procedural lapses, the Rajasthan High Court quashed a 2017 complaint under the Drugs and Cosmetics Act highlighting that the case was filed when a drug sample had purportedly failed the dissolution test even though the same had an active ingredient which was within the standard limits. In doing so the court observed that as per the prescribed guidelines and Supreme...