STPL Law https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html Home Recalling of a witness: Discretionary power to be exercised sparingly and only for the Court’s clarification. Service Law: Pay Parity – Administrative decisions denying pay parity to Board employees Quashed Food Adulteration: No prosecution , When no statutory standards are prescribed Service Law: Mechanical, non-speaking order is not valid Partition: Joint application for mutation, signed by all co-sharers is valid Service Law: Out-of-state diplomas – Validity Service Law: Correction of Date of Birth – Engagement through Parent Teacher Association does not constitute formal government employment; GST: Absolute statutory bar against parallel tax proceedings – Absolute statutory bar against different tax administrations initiating formal adjudicatory proceedings on the same subject matter Quashing of FIR – Corruption – Quashed Service Law: A senior employee cannot be paid a lesser salary than their junior Service Law: Denying Grant-in-Aid to a teacher Service Law: Transfer of a public servant nearing retirement Service Law: Resignation can be withdrawn any time before it become effective Rash & Negligent Driving: “Speed” is a relative term and not sole criterion for determining negligence Service Law: Transfer – Colorable Exercise of Power Maintenance: Validity of sequential orders of civil imprisonment for maintenance defaults Service Law: Abrupt termination of a re-appointed contractual Medical Officer Quashing of Criminal Proceedings: Prima Facie offence not disclosed – Quashed Service Law: Re-evaluation of test questions Service Law: Suspension Quashed Dishonour of Cheque: Disputed questions of Fact – No quashing Presumption of Legitimate Marriage Service Law: Waiting List Candidates Service Law: An employee is legally “born in the cadre” only from date of official offer of appointment Service Law: Discrimination in Regular and Contract Employees MACT: Compensation Enhanced MACT: Compensation Slightly Reduced Service Law: Suspension – Unexhausted statutory appeal Service Law: Correction of date of birth at the fag end of service career Quashing of Complaint: Vicarious Liabilty under Drugs and Cosmetics Act – Quashed Quashing of FIR: Vague and omnibus allegations – Quashed Service Law: Society possesses deep and pervasive state control is State Public safety orders are interim and do not adjudicate property titles Service Law: Teaching experience gained in a purely private institution cannot be counted Will: Heavy contradictions and physical distortions Vehicle Speed alone does not prove “rashness” or “negligence”. Criminal Contempt by Advocate: Forgiveness with Vigil Murder: reliable oral dying declaration – uncontradicted testimony of a solitary eyewitness SC/ST Act: Alleged caste-based slurs and threats occurred inside a private residential home Common Intention – Accused arrived at the crime scene after the fatal shot was fired Tolls: Losses caused by natural calamities or force majeure NDPS; Principles of judicial sentencing – Sentence reduced Murder: Irreconcilable Contradiction – Acquittal Upheld Forest: Modernization of Katha Processing Units – Regulations Held Valid Rash and Negligent Driving: Conviction Valid Constitution Law: No retrospective application of sentencing Validity and Effect of Customary Adoption Employee Compensation: Death due to a natural disease unrelated to workplace stress