Tag: Allahabad High Court

‘Degree holder can be ineligible for jr engineer’s post if criterion is diploma’:Allahabad High Court

Source: hindustantimes.com The Allahabad High Court has ruled that an engineering degree holder cannot be considered for appointment to the post of junior engineer which seeks a diploma as the eligibility criterion. The court was hearing a case wherein Deepak Singh, who along with nine others who held a B Tech degree had filed a

Government seeks Supreme Court collegium rethink on Allahabad High Court judge

Source: telegraphindia.com The government is learnt to have asked the Supreme Court collegium to reconsider its recommendation to elevate an Allahabad High Court judge as chief justice of Andhra Pradesh High Court. While returning the file relating to Justice Vikram Nath last month, the government did not cite any reason, sources said. They added that

Allahabad High Court adjourns hearing on plea challenging election of Modi from Varanasi

Source: indiatoday.in Former Border Security Force (BSF) jawan Tej Bahadur Yadav was not given an opportunity to be heard by election authorities before rejection of his nomination papers for Varanasi Lok Sabha constituency polls, his counsel claimed on Wednesday in the Allahabad High Court which was hearing his election petition. The petition was filed by

BJP MLA’s daughter moves Allahabad High Court, seeks police protection after citing threat to life from father for marrying Dalit man

Source: firstpost.com Prayagraj (Uttar Pradesh): The daughter of a BJP legislator from Uttar Pradesh on Thursday moved the Allahabad High Court to seek police protection, citing threat to her life from her father after marrying a man outside her caste. The matter came to light on Wednesday after Sakshi Misra (23), daughter of MLA Rajesh Misra, posted

High Courts withdraw relief to 27 compulsorily retired tax officials

Source: businesstoday.in Two high courts have refused to give relief to tax officials compulsorily retired by the government on serious charges of misconduct. Earlier this month, the government had invoked Section 56(j) of Fundamental Rules to compulsorily retire 15 officials dealing with indirect taxes and 12 officials of the income tax department over allegations of

Sacking of tax officials: Kolkata HC tohear govt plea against CAT’s interim relief

Source: thehindubusinessline.com The much-talked about government’s decision to compulsorily retire some senior tax officials has now reached the courts. The Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court had refused to give relief to one of the officials citing jurisdictional issue. Meanwhile, the Kolkata High Court will on Friday hear the government’s plea against the interim

Darvesh Yadav murder case: SC rejects plea seeking CBI inquiry, directs petitioner to Allahabad High Court

Source: moneycontrol.com The Supreme Court rejected a petition that sought a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) inquiry into the murder of Darvesh Yadav, the first woman president of the Uttar Pradesh Bar Council. Yadav was shot dead by a colleague at the Agra District Court. A vacation bench comprising Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justice BR