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The Rajasthan High Court upheld an Armed Forces Tribunal direction to revise pension of a retired Master Warrant Officer from 01.01.1996, rejecting the government's retrospectivity and delay arguments.
The Rajasthan High Court held that summoning a school principal and Class-I admission record was essential to determine the prosecutrix's correct date of birth in a POCSO trial.
The Rajasthan High Court at Jodhpur set aside a Sessions Court order and directed release of a 12-bore rifle seized from a retired army man, citing licence renewal urgency and risk of firearm deterioration.
The Rajasthan High Court at Jodhpur ordered the Superintendent of Police and SHO, Kotdi to act within 15 days to restore possession of a mortgaged property to Roha Housing Finance after borrowers broke back in.
A Rajasthan High Court Division Bench set aside a Single Judge remand, ruling that a Commission of Inquiry report cannot revive a land dispute settled by a revenue court in 1978.
The Rajasthan High Court at Jaipur released four accused in a cyber-fraud FIR on bail, attaching twelve conditions covering digital assets, VPN use, and device disclosure.
The Rajasthan High Court dismissed a writ petition challenging ward delimitation of Nagar Palika Todabhim, holding that Section 9 of the Rajasthan Municipalities Act, 2009 mandates population as the basis for ward division, not the number of registered voters.
A Division Bench at Jodhpur reversed a Single Judge's order that had quashed an Indian Air Force transfer signal, holding that the posting policy is merely administrative guidance and creates no enforceable right.
A Jodhpur liquor vend licensee won interim relief from a Division Bench after the District Excise Officer's affidavit confirmed the relocation stayed within the same cluster under excise policy.
The Rajasthan High Court found the RCSAT Registrar's affidavit unsatisfactory and directed the Secretary, Department of Personnel to enquire whether a clerk was made a scapegoat.
A Division Bench of the Rajasthan High Court held that an ex-serviceman's disability pension arrears must run from 19 August 1980, when pension was unlawfully stopped, not from the 2019 medical board date fixed by the Armed Forces Tribunal.
The Rajasthan High Court set aside the cancellation of a compassionate appointment made solely on the basis of a Rs. 100 fine under the Rajasthan Public Gambling Ordinance, holding the offence does not involve moral turpitude.
A Division Bench at Jodhpur suspended the sentence of a murder convict whose severe neurological disorder, cardiac history, and repeated prior interim releases on medical grounds made continued incarceration unjustifiable.
The Jodhpur Bench held that a Magistrate who disagrees with a negative Final Report must record cogent reasons; mere reliance on a protest petition will not suffice.
The Rajasthan High Court found the ACB failed to communicate grounds of arrest to Dr. Mahesh Joshi in writing, but held habeas corpus could not lie once multiple judicial remand orders had been passed.
Rajasthan High Court dismisses husband's writ petition seeking joint narco-analysis, polygraph and DNA tests to rebut impotency allegations, finding the application belated and legally untenable.
A Rajasthan vacation bench held Tehsildar Tejpal Pareek personally liable for keeping an HIV-positive man confined for 53 days after his sentence was suspended, directing personal compensation and departmental inquiry.
Rajasthan High Court dismisses petition challenging bail cancellation after Section 452 IPC was added, holding that bail for bailable offences cannot continue once graver non-bailable offences are added.
Justice Anoop Kumar Dhand set aside cognizance taken under Section 319 CrPC against a widowed Jethani, holding that omnibus dowry allegations without specific overt acts cannot sustain a prima facie case.
Justice Anoop Kumar Dhand declined to quash a Section 376 IPC FIR on the basis of a compromise between the prosecutrix and the accused, holding that rape proceedings cannot be extinguished by private settlement.
A Division Bench held that CSD's transfer policy is a guideline, not an enforceable right, and that administrative exigency alone justified moving an LDC from Jaipur to Mumbai headquarters.
The Rajasthan High Court set aside a Board of Revenue order that allowed a revision petition at the admission stage without notice, without hearing, and without first deciding a pending delay-condonation application.
The Rajasthan High Court set aside a Special POCSO Court's order accepting a closure report on the basis of a minor rape victim's consent, holding that a minor's consent is immaterial at every stage of proceedings.
Rajasthan High Court dismisses a wife's writ seeking inclusion in her retired husband's Pension Payment Order, holding the petition premature while the pensioner remains alive.
