Supreme Court Imposes Rs. One Lakh Cost On TN Govt For Unnecessarily Challenging Former Sanitation Worker's Pension
2 years, 1 month ago

Supreme Court Imposes Rs. One Lakh Cost On TN Govt For Unnecessarily Challenging Former Sanitation Worker's Pension

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Recently, the Supreme Court of India imposed an exemplary cost of Rs. One Lakh on the School Education Department of the Government of Tamil Nadu for challenging the pensionary benefits of a former sanitation worker. " are inclined to dismiss the application seeking condonation of delay as also these petitions with the imposition of exemplary costs where unnecessarily this matter relating to pensionary rights of a Sweeper-cum Sanitary Worker is sought to be dragged in further litigation", a Bench of Justices Dinesh Maheshwari and Hrishikesh Roy said. The application seeking condonation of delay in filing special leave petitions is bereft of any cogent reason for such a delay.However, no sufficient cause is shown." The State Department was challenging an order of the Madras High Court allowing pensionary rights to the Respondent and rejecting the former's review petition.

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Madras HC imposes Rs 1 lakh cost on litigant for abusing court process
1 day, 10 hours ago

Madras HC imposes Rs 1 lakh cost on litigant for abusing court process

New Indian Express  

MADURAI: The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court recently imposed Rs 1 lakh cost on a litigant for abusing the court process by filing two petitions seeking similar relief by suppressing the facts about the dismissal of one of them. A bench comprising Justices MS Ramesh and AD Maria Clete had imposed the cost on T Palaniammal of Dindigul, …

Supreme Court Dismisses Kerala Govt's Petition Challenging HC Direction To Pay Rs.1 Lakh Compensation To Man Illegally Detained As Maoist
8 months, 1 week ago

Supreme Court Dismisses Kerala Govt's Petition Challenging HC Direction To Pay Rs.1 Lakh Compensation To Man Illegally Detained As Maoist

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The Supreme Court has dismissed the Special Leave Petition filed by the State of Kerala challenging a 2019 judgment of the Kerala High Court which directed the State to grant Rs.1 lakh compensation to a man who was illegally detained by the police on suspicion of being a Maoist.A bench comprising Justices Sudhanshu Dhulia and PB Varale dismissed the State' …

Supreme Court Imposes Rs 5 Lakhs Cost On Union Govt, Cautions Against Filing Frivolous Petitions In Future
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Supreme Court Imposes Rs 5 Lakhs Cost On Union Govt, Cautions Against Filing Frivolous Petitions In Future

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The Supreme Court recently imposed a cost of Rs. 5,00,000/ on the Union of India challenging an order passed by the Meghalaya High Court based on the Union's own concession that a previous decision covered the matter. Deprecating the Union's move to challenge the High Court's order, the Supreme Court recorded that this was a “sheer abuse of the process …

Blatant Violation: Karnataka HC Directs Payment Of Benefits To Retd Govt Employee Who Was Denied Pension Without Inquiry, Imposes ₹1 Lakh Cost
10 months ago

Blatant Violation: Karnataka HC Directs Payment Of Benefits To Retd Govt Employee Who Was Denied Pension Without Inquiry, Imposes ₹1 Lakh Cost

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The Karnataka High Court has come to the aid of a former employee of Hubli Electricity Supply Company Limited on whom the company imposed a huge recovery of Rs 86,52,163 and even 11 years after superannuation, denied him a pension and other terminal benefits. It is not paid on account of recoveries against the petitioner all of which have been …

'Inhuman Approach': P&H HC Imposes ₹1 Lakh Cost On Haryana Govt For Stopping Widow's Family Pension Over Excess Amounts Received By Her Due To Dept's Error
10 months, 1 week ago

'Inhuman Approach': P&H HC Imposes ₹1 Lakh Cost On Haryana Govt For Stopping Widow's Family Pension Over Excess Amounts Received By Her Due To Dept's Error

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The Punjab & Haryana High Court has imposed a cost of Rs.1 Lakh on the Haryana Government for its "insensitive and inhuman" approach of deducting the excess amount paid in pension due to the Department's negligence, which deprived a widow of family pension.While noting the government's department deprived the widow of family pension for 15 months and thereafter Rs.9000 was …

Orissa High Court Imposes ₹1 Lakh Cost On 'Frivolous' Plea Seeking To Declare S.69(ii) Of The Representation Of People Act As Unconstitutional
1 year ago

Orissa High Court Imposes ₹1 Lakh Cost On 'Frivolous' Plea Seeking To Declare S.69(ii) Of The Representation Of People Act As Unconstitutional

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The petition, which was filed by one Bibhutibhusan Mohapatra, urged the Court to declare the aforesaid provision unconstitutional to have fair elections because democracy is the basic structure of the Constitution and free and fair election is the basic feature of democracy, which has been observed by the apex Court in the case of People's Union for Civil Liberties and …

Punjab & Haryana High Court Imposes Rs 1 Lakh Cost In Contempt Case Against Police Officer For Handcuffing Accused
1 year, 8 months ago

Punjab & Haryana High Court Imposes Rs 1 Lakh Cost In Contempt Case Against Police Officer For Handcuffing Accused

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The Punjab & Haryana High Court imposed a cost of Rs 1 lakh on a police officer who had handcuffed Suresh Kumar Satija, an Akali Dal member, while taking him to market in connection with investigation in a 2018 forgery case. "Considering the fact that the petitioner was handcuffed by the respondent, the respondent is directed to pay a cost …

'Govt's Might Against A Safai Karamchari?': Supreme Court Dismisses State Of Tamil Nadu's Plea Against Sweeper's Regularisation
2 years, 2 months ago

'Govt's Might Against A Safai Karamchari?': Supreme Court Dismisses State Of Tamil Nadu's Plea Against Sweeper's Regularisation

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A Supreme Court bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, Justices Hima Kohli and JB Pardiwala dismissed an appeal filed by the Government of Tamil Nadu against an order of the Madras High Court granting relief to a Sweeper in a Government Higher Secondary School by extending him the benefit of regular appointment. When the matter came up before the Supreme …

EPF PENSION CASE-Supreme Court's Crucial Judgement TODAY-LIVE UPDATES
2 years, 2 months ago

EPF PENSION CASE-Supreme Court's Crucial Judgement TODAY-LIVE UPDATES

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The Supreme Court will pronounce TODAY the Judgement in appeals filed by the Employees Provident Fund Organization and the Union Government challenging the Kerala, Rajasthan and Delhi High Court judgments which had quashed the Employee's Pension Scheme, 2014.A bench comprising Chief Justice of India Uday Umesh Lalit, Justices Aniruddha Bose and Sudhanshu DhuliaThe Kerala. The Supreme Court will pronounce TODAY …

EPF PENSION CASE-Supreme Court's Crucial Judgement TODAY-LIVE UPDATES
2 years, 2 months ago

EPF PENSION CASE-Supreme Court's Crucial Judgement TODAY-LIVE UPDATES

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The Supreme Court will pronounce TODAY the Judgement in appeals filed by the Employees Provident Fund Organization and the Union Government challenging the Kerala, Rajasthan and Delhi High Court judgments which had quashed the Employee's Pension Scheme, 2014.A bench comprising Chief Justice of India Uday Umesh Lalit, Justices Aniruddha Bose and Sudhanshu DhuliaThe Kerala. The Supreme Court will pronounce TODAY …

Supreme Court Imposes Rs 1 Lakh Cost On ED Officer For Filing Petition Against Bail Granted To Cancer Patient
2 years, 2 months ago

Supreme Court Imposes Rs 1 Lakh Cost On ED Officer For Filing Petition Against Bail Granted To Cancer Patient

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The Supreme Court of India recently came down heavily on the Directorate of Enforcement for filing a Special Leave Petition seeking to interfere with a bail order granted by the Allahabad High Court to a man suffering from Malignancy and Cancer. Therefore, the Court deemed it fit to impose costs of Rs 1,00,000 on the concerned officer who granted permission …

Supreme Court Grants State Of Telangana 2 Weeks To Deposit Rs 2.5 Lakh Cost Imposed While Quashing 100% ST Reservation In Teaching Posts
2 years, 7 months ago

Supreme Court Grants State Of Telangana 2 Weeks To Deposit Rs 2.5 Lakh Cost Imposed While Quashing 100% ST Reservation In Teaching Posts

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The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted the State of Telangana 2 weeks to deposit the cost of Rs 2,50,000 which the court had imposed on the State while declaring the GO's issued by the erstwhile state of Andhra Pradesh of providing 100% reservation to the Scheduled Tribe candidates for the post of teachers in the schools in the scheduled areas …

Entitlement Of Employee To Salary/ Pension Is Intrinsic Part Of His Rights To Life & Property Under Articles 21 & 300A: Orissa High Court
2 years, 7 months ago

Entitlement Of Employee To Salary/ Pension Is Intrinsic Part Of His Rights To Life & Property Under Articles 21 & 300A: Orissa High Court

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The Orissa High Court has held that entitlement of an employee or an ex-employee to his salary or pension, as the case may be, is an intrinsic part of his right to life under Article 21 and right to property under Article 300A of the Constitution. Since, the petitioner rendered his services till superannuation as a government servant, his entitlement …

Madras High Court Refuses To Stall State Decision To Supply 40,000 Tonnes Of Rice To Sri Lanka Amid Economic Crisis
2 years, 8 months ago

Madras High Court Refuses To Stall State Decision To Supply 40,000 Tonnes Of Rice To Sri Lanka Amid Economic Crisis

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The Madras High Court on Thursday refused to stay the Government's decision for procuring 40,000 tonnes of rice to be supplied to Srilankan nationals in view of the current economic crisis prevalent in the country. The bench of Justice G.R Swaminathan and Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy was hearing a PIL filed by one A. Jaisankar seeking to quash the present government …

Suppressed Material Facts With Intention To Abuse Judicial Process: Madras High Court Imposes Rs.25000 Cost On Lawyer For Frivolous Litigation
2 years, 8 months ago

Suppressed Material Facts With Intention To Abuse Judicial Process: Madras High Court Imposes Rs.25000 Cost On Lawyer For Frivolous Litigation

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The Madras High Court recently directed a lawyer, appearing for the petitioner to deposit Rs. 25,000 as exemplary costs in favour of the Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry finding that the petitioner had come to the court with unclean hands merely to abuse the judicial process of law. "Considering the fact that the representation was submitted only on …

Salaries & Pensions Are Rightful Entitlements Of Government Employees; Appropriate Interest Must Be Paid For Delayed Payment: Supreme Court
3 years, 10 months ago

Salaries & Pensions Are Rightful Entitlements Of Government Employees; Appropriate Interest Must Be Paid For Delayed Payment: Supreme Court

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The Supreme Court observed that salaries and pensions are rightful entitlements of Government employees and the Government which has delayed the payment of salaries and pensions should be directed to pay interest at an appropriate rate.The Andhra Pradesh High Court had allowed a Public Interest Litigation filed by a former District and Sessions Judge and directed the payment of the. …

Costs For 'Wastage Of Judicial Time' To Be Recovered From Officers Responsible For Delay In Filing : Supreme Court
3 years, 11 months ago

Costs For 'Wastage Of Judicial Time' To Be Recovered From Officers Responsible For Delay In Filing : Supreme Court

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A three judge bench of the Supreme Court comprising Justice S.K. 25,000 each on the States of Uttar Pradesh and Karnataka for their "lethargy and incompetence" in approaching the Apex Court after a delay of hundred and thousand days. The costs were imposed by the bench vide two different orders while hearing proceedings wherein Special Leave Petitions were preferred by …

SC Imposes Cost of Rs 15,000 on UP Govt for Wastage of Judicial Time
4 years, 1 month ago

SC Imposes Cost of Rs 15,000 on UP Govt for Wastage of Judicial Time

News 18  

The Supreme Court has imposed a cost of Rs 15,000 on the Uttar Pradesh government for "wastage of judicial time" in a case in which the state had filed an appeal in the apex court after a delay of over 500 days. There is not even the courtesy of setting out the dates as to how the files have moved, …

Supreme Court Weekly Round Up
4 years, 3 months ago

Supreme Court Weekly Round Up

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Top Stories This Week:1. SC Issues Notice In Arnab Goswami's Plea Challenging "Breach Of Privilege Motion" Notice By Maharashtra Assembly The Supreme Court issued notice in a plea by Arnab Goswami, Journalist and Editor-in-Chief of Republic Media Network, challenging the breach of privilege motion against him by Maharashtra Assembly. SC Issues Notice In Arnab Goswami's Plea Challenging "Breach Of Privilege …

SC Directs Kannur Medical College To Pay One Crore (From Cost) To Kerala Chief Minister’s Flood Relief Fund [Read Order]
6 years, 4 months ago

SC Directs Kannur Medical College To Pay One Crore (From Cost) To Kerala Chief Minister’s Flood Relief Fund [Read Order]

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The Supreme court, on Wednesday, while disposing an SLP filed by Kannur Medical College, directed the College to pay an amount of Rupees One Crore from the cost imposed by the Court to the Chief Minister’s Flood Relief Fund, Kerala.The bench of Justice Arun Mishra and Justice Indira Banerjee said that the deposit has to be made before 20th September. …

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