Karnataka High Court
LEGAL SUBJECT
Employment and Labour Law
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30 ARTICLES
Karnataka High Court
Challenges to charge-sheets are limited to jurisdiction and mala fides, not the merits of alleged misconduct.
Sandhya Saraswathi, a government schoolteacher, challenged disciplinary charge articles issued against her, contending that the Deputy Director of Public Instructions lacked authority because the Joint Director had ap...2 MIN READ↗
Karnataka High Court
Departmental punishment is unsustainable when criminal acquittal rests on substantially identical charges and evidence.
The petitioner, a Civil Police Constable, was charged departmentally over alleged wrongful confinement and assault of a complainant on 20 June 2015.2 MIN READ↗
Karnataka High Court
Dismissal for unauthorised absence set aside; reinstatement ordered with three future increments withheld.
The respondent, a driver-cum-conductor appointed in 2007, was charged with unauthorised absence beginning on 30 April 2022.2 MIN READ↗
Karnataka High Court
An honourable acquittal on identical evidence renders a disciplinary penalty unsustainable.
The petitioner, a retired Village Accountant, faced criminal prosecution and departmental proceedings arising from an allegation that he demanded and accepted a bribe in connection with mutation of land records.2 MIN READ↗
Karnataka High Court
An employee whose fixed-term appointment expired without extension has no right to regularization.
The petitioner was appointed as an unskilled labourer in the Shahapur Sub-Registrar’s office by order dated 5 November 2012.2 MIN READ↗
Karnataka High Court
Inordinate delay bars retired employees’ claims for parity in service benefits.
The petitioners, former Assistant Teachers initially appointed by Taluk Development Board/Municipal Units and later taken over by the State, retired in 1994.2 MIN READ↗
Karnataka High Court
Parity does not excuse inordinate delay in asserting stale service claims.
The petitioners, former employees who had been appointed as Assistant Teachers in local bodies later taken over by the State, retired in 1994.2 MIN READ↗
Karnataka High Court
An intra-court appellate bench should not disturb findings absent perversity.
A.V. Kulkarni, a bank officer, was compulsorily retired and directed to pay a recovery following disciplinary proceedings concerning alleged misconduct connected with fraud and misappropriation by a subordinate at his...2 MIN READ↗
Karnataka High Court
Rejecting an ITI qualification based on verification by the wrong authority is unsustainable.
The petitioner completed an ITI Electrical Trade course at respondent No. 7’s college for the 2011–2013 academic year and received a provisional State Trade Certificate.2 MIN READ↗
Karnataka High Court
Candidates must furnish mandatory recruitment documents by the application deadline; later compliance cannot cure the default.
The petitioner, then an Assistant Teacher, applied for recruitment to the post of Excise Sub-Inspector under the notification dated 28 February 2017.2 MIN READ↗
Karnataka High Court
Rule 41-C pay fixation turns on last military basic pay, not pension dearness allowance.
The respondent, an Army Havildar discharged from service in 2005, was recruited as a Reserve Police Constable in 2008 against a post reserved for ex-servicemen.2 MIN READ↗
Karnataka High Court
Disciplinary punishment cannot stand when charges depart from the complaint and lack specific allegations.
The petitioner, a retired Deputy District Project Co-ordinator, was among the education officials named in a complaint to the Karnataka Lokayukta concerning alleged irregularities by private educational institutions i...2 MIN READ↗
Karnataka High Court
A tribunal order following applicants’ own submission warrants no interference absent grounds.
The petitioners, retired employees who had initially worked on a daily-wage basis, applied to the Karnataka State Administrative Tribunal (KSAT) for their service to be counted from their initial appointments until re...2 MIN READ↗
Karnataka High Court
A party cannot challenge a tribunal order passed on its own counsel’s submissions.
The petitioners, retired employees who had initially served on a daily-wage basis, sought before the Karnataka State Administrative Tribunal (KSAT) a direction to count their service from initial appointment until ret...2 MIN READ↗
Karnataka High Court
Recovery of subsidy loss does not absolve an officer who approved payment without verification.
The petitioner, an Assistant Horticultural Officer, was charged with approving a drip-irrigation subsidy of ₹15,538 without properly verifying the supporting documents.3 MIN READ↗
Karnataka High Court
A tribunal’s dismissal in accordance with applicants’ own submissions warrants no interference.
The petitioners, retired employees of the Irrigation Department, had approached the Karnataka State Administrative Tribunal (KSAT) seeking to have their daily-wage service counted from their initial appointments until...1 MIN READ↗
Karnataka High Court
Connected gratuity writ petitions were disposed of in terms of the parties’ voluntary compromise.
The three connected writ petitions challenged orders made by the appellate and controlling authorities under the Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972.2 MIN READ↗
Karnataka High Court
Challenges to charge-sheets are limited to jurisdiction and mala fides, not the merits of alleged misconduct.
Sandhya Saraswathi, a government schoolteacher, challenged disciplinary charge articles issued against her, contending that the Deputy Director of Public Instructions lacked authority because the Joint Director had ap...2 MIN READ↗
Karnataka High Court
Compulsory retirement ends entitlement to official quarters, subject to a conditional academic-year extension.
Petitioner No. 1, a police department employee, was compulsorily retired following a show-cause notice dated 23 September 2022.2 MIN READ↗
Karnataka High Court
Transfer guidelines do not give employees nearing retirement an automatic right to retain their posting.
The petitioner, a Group ‘A’ officer, was transferred from Hiriyur to Ganadalu by notification dated 27 May 2026.2 MIN READ↗
Karnataka High Court
Connected gratuity writ petitions were disposed of in terms of the parties’ voluntary compromise.
The three connected writ petitions challenged orders made by the appellate and controlling authorities under the Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972.2 MIN READ↗
Karnataka High Court
A licence violation does not absolve the insurer when it has no causal connection to the accident.
Kumar claimed that he was employed as a lorry driver and was injured when a train struck the lorry he was driving across a level crossing. He sustained fractures to both femurs and sought compensation under the Workme...2 MIN READ↗
Karnataka High Court
Recruiting commissions must verify prescribed qualifications before shortlisting candidates for interview.
The KPSC invited applications for Assistant Professor of Ayurveda (Kayachikitsa), with selection based on written-examination and interview marks. The recruitment process required candidates to be called for interview...2 MIN READ↗
Karnataka High Court
Regularization parity requires proof that comparable employees in the same Zilla Panchayat were regularized.
The petitioner was appointed as a daily-wage Literate Assistant in the Public Works Department at Chickmagalur on 10 September 1984 and was transferred to Hassan in 2000.2 MIN READ↗
Odisha High Court
Courts should not reopen settled seniority lists after prolonged, unexplained delay.
Respondent No. 3 and the appellant were initially appointed temporarily as Staff Nurses and were regularised with effect from 3 September 1994.2 MIN READ↗
Uttarakhand High Court
Prior service in a different cadre cannot count toward transfer eligibility in the new cadre.
The petitioner, a Senior Veterinary Officer, sought to have 2 years, 10 months and 9 days of service at Pashu Seva Kendra, Khadkatiya, Chaukhutiya, Almora, counted in his service history for transfer from a remote to...2 MIN READ↗
Karnataka High Court
Acceptance of voluntary-retirement benefits and unexplained delay can negate a live industrial dispute.
The employees had accepted a voluntary retirement scheme in October 2009 and received retirement and other benefits.2 MIN READ↗
Delhi High Court
CISF personnel not allotted government accommodation are entitled to full HRA.
The petitioner, a CISF member, was posted at CISF Unit, IGI Airport, New Delhi, from 7 June 2022 to 28 February 2025 and was not allotted Government accommodation during that period.2 MIN READ↗
Delhi High Court
A disciplinary inquiry cannot be dispensed with absent recorded, legally sufficient reasons.
The respondent, a Railway employee, was removed from service without a departmental inquiry under Rule 14(ii) of the Railway Servants (Discipline and Appeal) Rules, 1968.2 MIN READ↗No articles match these filters.