Hearing a petition demanding the appointment of a person other than a bureaucrat as the Chief Information Commissioner, the Delhi High Court said it was not necessary that all government officials were incompetent.A bench comprising Chief Justice A P ..
Disciplinary proceedings against a government employee can be quashed if there is "inordinate and unexplained" delay in initiating it, the Central Administrative Tribunal has said. The tribunal passed the order while quashing a departmental ..
Discretionary relaxation or alteration in requisite eligibility qualification, relating to appointments or admissions, cannot be allowed at the fag end of the process, the Delhi High Court has said. "The general rule is that while applying for ..
The Madras High Court dismissed a batch of writ petitions, challenging a Government Order (GO) issued by the Tamil Nadu Government that seeks denial of consequential seniority to police officials who were given out-of-turn promotion for gallantry ser ..
Patna High Court ordered the Bihar government to reinstate about 1,000 employees of state health department, who were earlier terminated on grounds of illegal appointment.Justice Mridula Mishra ordered the state government after hearing the petition ..
A bill that will seek diversity profiling of employees in public and private sectors to help in better recruitment of the disadvantaged people is to be introduced in Parliament during the coming Winter Session. The legislation that will recommend in ..
Former Union Law Ministers Ram Jethmalani, Shanti Bhushan and eminent jurists Fali S Nariman and Anil Diwan have written a letter to Chief Justice of India (CJI) Justice K G Balakrishnan requesting him to hold an inquiry before elevating the Chief Ju ..
The government has extended Dasara gift to its 5 lakh-odd employees. All staffers will get medical facilities prescribed under the Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS). The cabinet on Tuesday decided to revise rates of employees' medical treatment ..
Brushing aside preliminary objections from Jet Airways, Madras High Court on Thursday decided to entertain two public interest writ petitions filed by the airline's pilot union, National Aviators Guild (NAG), and issue notice to the Jet management. O ..
The Bombay high court on Thursday got tough with the state government and directed it to produce within 24 hours the list of 670 child labourers it claimed to have rescued. A bench, headed by Justice Bilal Nazki, said the treatment being meted out to ..