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Jharkhand High Court | Delay in Executing Arbitral Awards Defeats Arbitration and Conciliation Act | Directions Anchored in Supreme Court’s Execution Framework

Jharkhand High Court | Delay in Executing Arbitral Awards Defeats Arbitration and Conciliation Act | Directions Anchored in Supreme Court’s Execution Framework

Isabella Mariam   The High Court of Jharkhand Division Bench of Chief Justice Tarlok Singh Chauhan and Justice Rajesh Shankar directed the executing court to take an execution petition to its logical conclusion as expeditiously as possible and, in any event, by 30th November, 2025. The Bench disposed of a civil miscellaneous petition, noting that the petitioner had sought only the expeditious disposal of its execution petition. The...

Jharkhand High Court | Date of Birth Corrections Cannot Be Claimed After Decades of Service | Employees Who Slept Over Rights Cannot Seek Relief Despite Matric Certificates

Jharkhand High Court | Date of Birth Corrections Cannot Be Claimed After Decades of Service | Employees Who Slept Over Rights Cannot Seek Relief Despite Matric Certificates

Isabella Mariam   The High Court of Jharkhand Division Bench of Chief Justice Tarlok Singh Chauhan and Justice Rajesh Shankar have dismissed two appeals challenging the refusal of correction of dates of birth recorded in the service records of employees. The Court held that the correction of date of birth cannot be claimed as a matter of right, even if there is supporting documentary evidence, when such claims are raised after a de...

Order 6 Rule 17 CPC | Jharkhand HC Upholds Rejection Of Amendment In Partition Suit At Appellate Stage | Admission In Pleadings Cannot Be Wiped Out

Order 6 Rule 17 CPC | Jharkhand HC Upholds Rejection Of Amendment In Partition Suit At Appellate Stage | Admission In Pleadings Cannot Be Wiped Out

Safiya Malik   The High Court of Jharkhand Single Bench of Justice Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi has dismissed a petition seeking to set aside an order of the first appellate court that rejected a request for amendment of pleadings at the appellate stage. The Court held that there was no error in the first appellate court’s decision and that the petition was liable to be dismissed. The directive concluded that the petition stood dismi...

Jharkhand HC Dismisses Plea To Recall Rejected Petitions | Litigants Can’t Blame Courts For Delay After Repeated Negligence

Jharkhand HC Dismisses Plea To Recall Rejected Petitions | Litigants Can’t Blame Courts For Delay After Repeated Negligence

Sanchayita Lahkar   The High Court of Jharkhand Single Bench of Justice Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi has dismissed a civil miscellaneous petition seeking recall of multiple judicial orders that had earlier barred the petitioners from filing a written statement in a title suit. The Court held that the relief sought was barred by res judicata and found no illegality or procedural impropriety in the trial court’s reject...

Jharkhand HC Upholds Writ Jurisdiction | Says Nirmala College Falls Under Article 12 And Disciplinary Actions Require ‘Approval Of JPSC At Every Stage’

Jharkhand HC Upholds Writ Jurisdiction | Says Nirmala College Falls Under Article 12 And Disciplinary Actions Require ‘Approval Of JPSC At Every Stage’

Kiran Raj   The High Court of Jharkhand Division Bench of Justice Sujit Narayan Prasad and Justice Pradeep Kumar Srivastava held that a private minority-aided educational institution receiving public funds and governed by statutory regulations falls under the ambit of “State” under Article 12 of the Constitution. The Court dismissed the intra-court appeal filed by the appellant institution challenging the maintainabilit...

HAMA | Widowed Daughter-In-Law Can Seek Maintenance From Father-In-Law And Brother-In-Law | Jharkhand HC Upholds Her Right Under Sections 19 And 22

HAMA | Widowed Daughter-In-Law Can Seek Maintenance From Father-In-Law And Brother-In-Law | Jharkhand HC Upholds Her Right Under Sections 19 And 22

Safiya Malik   The High Court of Jharkhand Division Bench of Justice Sujit Narayan Prasad and Justice Rajesh Kumar dismissed an appeal challenging the award of monthly maintenance to a widowed daughter-in-law and her minor children. The Court affirmed the order passed by the Principal Judge, Family Court, Jamtara, which had directed the appellants to pay monthly maintenance under the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956. The B...

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