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Petitioner averred that on account of COVID-19 pandemic, he was unable to operate his SMU and therefore, in light of a policy decision taken by the respondents to give extension, treating the pandemic period as dies non, benefit of extension was granted to the petitioner up to 16-03-2025.
The Court held that the adopted daughter could not be denied compassionate appointment because of a school certificate that mentioned the names of the original parents and not the deceased employee, due to the non-presentation of a registered adoption deed for change of parents’ names in school records.
“Consideration to condone can be made only if there is a reasonable explanation and the condonation cannot be merely because the appellant is a Government body where procedural and bureaucratic delays are well known.”
The Court said that the disposal letter by the Railways neither suggested that any effort was made nor provided any measure to help evade such fatal situations in the future.
Allahabad High Court set aside the impugned order and remanded the matter to the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal to decide the Claim Petition afresh.
Section 161 of the Railways Act, 1989 makes it compulsory for the drivers of every vehicle crossing an unmanned level crossing, to stop and to observe whether any train is coming, before crossing the level crossing, but in the present case, the driver failed to do so.
The vesting of the power for the confirmation of the nomination of arbitrators in the General Manager of the employer, runs contrary to the principle of impartiality and independence of the arbitration process.
The petitioners were duty bound to supply packaged drinking water of IRCTC’s brand called Rail Neer but instead have been supplying other packaged drinking water, a brand cheaper than Rail Neer, but claiming reimbursement at the rate of Rail Neer causing loss to the Government Exchequer.
Around 22 benches of the Railway claims Tribunal have been set up at different parts of the country to decide the application for compensation
The National Green Tribunal said that an environment free from noise pollution is necessary, but operation of railways is an essential activity, and must be conducted.
A person who comes from a village looking for a job, boards a passenger train holding a valid journey ticket, alights from the train and is trying to exit the Railway Station in the absence of overbridge being forced to walk along the tracks and gets hit by another train and dies, cannot be said to be intentionally careless or negligent.
Supreme Court: Opining that the advancement of medical field over a period of time has been enormous, the Division Bench comprising of
Rajasthan High Court: A Division Bench of Anoop Kumar Dhand and Pankaj Bharadwaj, JJ., disposed of the petition and directed the Department
Delhi High Court: On finding no ground for interference in the arbitral award, Anup Jairam Bhambhani, J., upheld the decision of Single
Gauhati High Court: Rumi Kumari Phukan, J., held that if the amount of compensation has already been agreed in a compensation claim,
Jharkhand High Court: Kailash Prasad Deo J. allowed the appeal and directed respondent-Railway to pay a sum of Rs 8 Lacs in
Supreme Court: While addressing the matter wherein a passenger suffered loss and agony due to delay in the arrival of train, M.R
Bombay High Court: A Division Bench of Dipankar Datta, CJ and G.S. Kulkarni, J., directs railways to allow Advocates to travel by local
Central Administrative Tribunal, Ernakulam: The Coram of P. Madhavan (Judicial Member) and K.V. Eapen (Administrative Member) disposed the application denying relief to
In continuation of the revised consolidated guidelines on lockdown measures dt. 17.05.2020, Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has issued revised Standard Operating