Rajasthan High Court Rejects Plea For Quashing FIR Against Police Constable Who Illegally Kept Seized Contraband For 4 Days

The Rajasthan High Court rejected the quashing petition by a police constable charged under the NDPS Act for unlawfully and illegally retaining opium recovered from an intercepted vehicles, for a period of 4 days.Terming it a “very unique case of unlawful activities and exercise of power by the members of Law Enforcing Authority”, Justice Farjand Ali observed that even having possession...

14 Deaths In 2025, 'Serious' Issue: Rajasthan HC On Lack Of Legislation To Regulate Coaching Institutes Amid Rise In Student Suicides

In the matter of suo moto cognizance in relation to increasing suicides in coaching institutes, particularly in Kota, Rajasthan High Court expressed serious concern over the matter, highlighting that no legislation has been framed by the State despite the PIL being pending since 2016.The division bench of Chief Justice Manindra Mohan Shrivastava and Justice Mukesh Rajpurohit highlighted that...

State Can't Invoke Bond Condition In Earlier Appointment After Employee Is Issued Fresh Appointment Letter: Rajasthan High Court

The Rajasthan High Court ruled that once an employee was provided a fresh appointment letter, she could not be bound by the condition of bond prescribed in her earlier appointment letter or the rules governing such appointment.Justice Rekha Borana was hearing a writ petition filed against a direction from the State directing recovery of Rs. 5 lakhs from the petitioner on account of breach of...

Common Practice To Not Reflect Casual/ Daily Wage Worker In Employment Records: Rajasthan High Court Upholds Grant Of Award To Such Employee

Rajasthan High Court has upheld an order of the Tribunal under Employees Compensation Act granting compensation to a daily wage worker (respondent) who was injured during his employment but was not appearing in the Employees State Insurance Register or the attendance register of the employer-appellant.While agreeing with the reasoning of the Tribunal that the employee could be a...

Rajasthan HC Criticizes State's Reply Over 16 Non-Functioning Lok Adalats, Orders Principal Law Secretary To Personally Appear On May 22

In a suo-motu plea concerning 16 non-functioning permanent Lok Adalats, the Rajasthan High Court on Thursday (May 15) expressed its dissatisfaction with the affidavit filed by the State government and directed the legal affairs department's principal secretary to remain personally present in court on the next date of hearing. A division bench of Justice Shree Chandrashekhar and Justice...

Rajasthan High Court Monthly Digest: April 2025

Citations: 2025 LiveLaw (Raj) 125 To 2024 LiveLaw (Raj) 160NOMINAL INDEXM/s Fortune Infovision Pvt. Ltd. & Ors. v Commissioner of Income Tax 2025 LiveLaw (Raj) 125Rajesh Kumar v State of Rajasthan & Ors. 2025 LiveLaw (Raj) 126Management Committee, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Vidyashram & Anr.v Rameshwar Lal Meena & Anr., and other connected petitions 2025 LiveLaw (Raj) 127Gas...

Arbitral Award Can't Be Set Aside Over Insufficient Stamping Without Opportunity To Cure Defect: Rajasthan High Court

The Rajasthan High Court bench of Justices Avneesh Jhingan and Bhuwan Goyal has held that when a court, in proceedings under Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (Arbitration Act) finds that the agreement to sell, on which the arbitration was initiated, is insufficiently stamped, it must provide the party an opportunity to cure the defect by impounding...

Refund Of Liquidated Damages Imposed By Party Responsible For Delay In Work Can't Be Interfered With U/S 37 Of Arbitration Act: Rajasthan High Court

The Rajasthan High Court bench of Justices Avneesh Jhingan and Bhuwan Goyal has held that the imposition of liquidated damages by a party primarily responsible for the delay in completion of the work is unjustified. Therefore, the arbitrator's direction to refund such damages cannot be interfered with, given the limited scope of appellate intervention under Section 37 of the Arbitration...

'False Rape Accusations Not Uncommon': Rajasthan High Court Acquits Convict Citing Animosity Between Parties, Lack Of Medical Evidence

Setting aside the Trial Court's order, Rajasthan High Court acquitted a rape convict, opining that since false accusations were not uncommon, judiciary had to exercise prudence and discernment, particularly in cases involving serious allegations like rape. It was held that such charges may be motivated by motives like revenge, extortion or evasion of financial obligations.The bench of...

'Very Serious Issue': Rajasthan High Court Takes Suo-Motu Cognizance Of News Report On 16 Non-Functioning Lok Adalats

The Rajasthan High Court on Tuesday (May 13) took suo moto cognizance of a Dainik Bhaskar news report which claims that owing to an order passed by the State Government on April 9 as many as 16 permanent Lok Adalats are not functioning, terming it as a “very serious issue concerning Access to Justice”.The division bench of Justice Shree Chandrashekhar and Justice Sandeep Shah in its...

Rajasthan HC Directs IDBI Bank To Refund ₹58 Lakh To Victim Of Cyber Crime, Directs Action Against Those Selling Customer's Data

Granting relief to a victim of digital fraud who lost Rs. 58 Lakh from his IDBI bank account due to unauthorized electronic transactions, the Rajasthan High Court directed the bank to refund the entire amount with interest in view of the “Zero Liability” direction by RBI in its July 6, 2017 circular.As per the Circular, in the event of any unauthorized transactions in anyone's bank...

Rajasthan HC Retains Sexual Harassment Charge Against Man For Showing Adult Videos To Child, Says Intent To Be Assumed When Harassment Is Proved

Rajasthan High Court ruled that comprehensive reading of Sections 11 and 30 of POCSO Act reflected that in prosecution for sexual harassment, the Special Court was mandated to presume existence of the sexual intent once the prosecution had proved commission of the act constituting sexual harassment.These observations were given by Justice Manoj Kumar Garg while hearing a revision petition...