Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 125 -- Maintenance to major son - Benefit of S.125 Cr.P.C has been expressly restricted till attainment of age of majority by child - Son of petitioner has been a major for the last five years and thus not entitled to maintenance u/s 125(b) Cr.P.C...........
Service -- Public employment - Grace, charity or compassion ought to stay at a distance in matters of public employment, if a fair level playing field is to be secured...........
Service -- Public employment - Merely because one belongs to backward community cannot be decisive factor for tilting scales - Boundaries for exercise of discretion are well carved out beyond which adjudicatory fora ought not to trench...........
Service -- Selection process - Post of constable - Physical Test - Respondent not participated in physical test due to ill health despite having qualified in first tier of selection process - He alone sought for rescheduling of date of physical test - However, no effort was made by respondent to remain physically present on scheduled date of physical test - Nature of..........
Service -- Order of punishment - Judicial review - Normally, no Court in exercise of its power of judicial review should interfere with an order of punishment imposed on a delinquent as a measure of disciplinary action by competent authority and substitute its own judgment for that of former...........
Banking service -- Compulsory retirement - Respondent a Senior Manager connived with co-delinquents (one officer and a gunman) to misappropriate money of customers for their personal gain, stealing bank records, etc. - Role of respondent not only necessitated personal obedience but also supervision of actions of subordinates - Co-delinquents having limited powers and..........
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138 -- Dishonour of cheque - Central Service Co-operative Bank - Plea that Co-operative Bank does not fall within definition of `Banker' u/s 3 of the Act as it is not licensed by Reserve Bank of India - Supreme Court has emphatically held that essence of "banking" lies in the acceptance of deposits from the public repayable on..........
Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015, Section 94 -- Juvenile - Determination of age - Two documents regarding date of birth of applicant already on record - He was below 16 years of age at the time of alleged incident as per said documents - There was thus, no occasion for JJ Board to direct an ossification test for determination of age of applicant..........
Service -- Recruitment - Reserved category candidates who are more meritorious than last elected candidate under general category and who have availed relaxation in a qualifying examination to become eligible for main selection process, cannot be excluded from consideration under general category in the absence of any express prohibition in recruitment Rules/notification -..........
Service -- Punishment - Post retirement - Disciplinary proceedings initiated during service against an employee can be continued after retirement if extant service Rules/Regulations permits so - Where pursuant to such proceedings ultimate penalty imposed is of dismissal there may be no technical difficulty in its implementation as it may result in forfeiture of pension and..........
