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Prolonged contractual service following transparent selection warrants regularization where State policy supports it.

Respondent No. 2, the Himachal Pradesh State Agricultural Marketing Board, issued an advertisement dated 25 August 2017 inviting applications for appointment as Project Manager in the e-National Agricultural Market (e...

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Legal Representatives include major, non-dependent siblings entitled to full motor accident compensation beyond conventional heads.

Rakesh Kumar died in a motor vehicle accident on February 25, 2011, when his motorcycle was hit by a Mahindra Bolero driven by respondent No. 1 and insured by the appellant

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Application of Section 103 and 3(8) BNS to Indivisible Acts Resulting in Culpable Homicide

The petitioner sought regular bail regarding an FIR registered under Section 103 read with Section 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023

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Appellate Court cannot substitute its discretion for Trial Court's unless the order is palpably perverse.

The respondent (plaintiff) filed a suit for the cancellation of a Family Settlement Deed and a Will dated 15.02.2019 executed by his mother (Petitioner/Defendant No. 1) in favour of his brother (Defendant No. 2)

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Police officers convicted under NDPS Act can be dismissed without departmental inquiry even if sentence is suspended: Himachal Pradesh High Court.

Both petitioners were serving Constables in the Himachal Pradesh Police. Petitioner Gaurav Verma (appointed 2009) was booked in FIR No. 59/2016 dated 25.02.2016 (P.S. Balh) under Section 20 of the NDPS Act for recover...

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Continuous contractual service against recurring essential duties entitles employees to regularisation despite temporary appointment labels.

The petitioners were appointed as Mathematics Teacher, Librarian, Clerks, Peon, and Sweeper at the Himachal Pradesh Revenue Training Institute, Joginder Nagar, in August 2014.

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Prospective Accused Has No Locus Standi to Challenge Proceedings Prior to the Issuance of Process

The complainant, a partner in a healthcare firm, alleged that the petitioners forged his signature on a cheque for ₹60,00,000

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Horizontal reservations for persons with disabilities cannot be further sub-classified on the basis of caste or religion.

The petitioner, a hearing-impaired person (46% disability), applied for the post of Physical Education Teacher (P.E.T.) in District Kullu under a special drive for physically challenged persons

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Long-term extract of regular labour under temporary labels constitutes arbitrary state action and necessitates regularization.

The petitioner was appointed as an Orientation & Mobility Instructor at the Composite Regional Centre (CRC) for Persons with Disabilities, Sundernagar, on a contractual basis in 2005 following a public advertisement a...

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Employer bears initial onus to inform deceased employee's family of compassionate appointment rights to prevent rejection for delay.

The petitioner’s father, a regular Beldar with the Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB), died in harness on 21.12.2001.

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Standardization of Dependency Computation: Age of Deceased Governs Multiplier and Future Prospects for Bachelors

On November 8, 2011, Mohit Dilta (deceased), the son of the appellant, died when a Scorpio vehicle (HP-10A-3281) rolled into a gorge near Kanlog due to the driver's negligence.

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