HIGH COURT OCTOBER 2023 WEEKLY ROUNDUP| Stories on TIPS Copyright Battle; Asian Games 2023; Theos v. Theobroma trade mark battle; and more
A quick legal roundup to cover important stories from all High Courts this week.
CRPF
Telangana High Court upholds CRPF personnel’s termination on grounds of mental illness and depression
“In an organisation like CRPF, which is India’s largest paramilitary Force, a member with a mental condition cannot be expected to perform his duties with utmost commitment and discipline.”
For fixing inter se seniority, “date of appointment” of direct recruits should be considered: Delhi High Court
“The principle of determination of inter se seniority amongst direct recruits and promote officers makes it clear that for the purpose of fixation of inter se seniority, the date to be reckoned for the direct recruits is “the date of appointment.”
HIV positive patients can neither be denied employment nor promotion in employment: Allahabad High Court
HIV/AIDS patients have a right of equal treatment everywhere and they cannot be denied job opportunity or discriminated against in employment matters.
Whether Air Force Group Insurance Society, Air HQs Non-public Fund Organization, and CRPF Employees Educational Society be treated as ‘State’ under Article 12? Delhi High Court rules
Even though petitioners have claimed that deduction of an amount of their contribution to the Society is permitted by the Ministry of Finance and that the land to run the Society is allocated by the Government, we find that purpose to provide aid in the form of sanction and land to the Society is to enable it to function smoothly to the benefit of its members. However, this does not establish that these functionaries are being run by the Air Force or the Central Government.
Delhi High Court | Central Armed Police Forces is part of Indian Armed Forces; Delhi High Court holds CAPF to be governed by old pension scheme
Article 246 read with List 1 Entry 2 of the Seventh Schedule of Constitution of India envisages Armed Forces of the Union of India and includes “Naval, Military and Air Forces; any other armed forces of the Union”
Delhi High Court | All Paramilitary personnel entitled to grant of HRA irrespective of rank
The Delhi High Court held that every personnel in the paramilitary forces should be entitled to the benefit of House Rent Allowance (HRA), irrespective of the rank as per their entitlement
P&H HC | Benefit of illegality committed by authority must ensure benefit to the retired employee
Punjab and Haryana High Court: This petition was filed before the Bench of Arun Monga, J. A circular was issued, whereby the
Where information sought enhances transparency & credibility of an organization which does not come under the ambit of RTI Act, such information shall be furnished
Central Information Commission: The Commission recently addressed an application under the Right to Information Act before the Central Public Information Officer of