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Time of India
11-05-2025
- Time of India
HC reinstates driver sacked for delay that made judge miss train
Bhopal/Jabalpur: A division bench of the MP high court has reinstated a Bhopal district court driver who was dismissed from service after arriving late to pick up an Allahabad high court judge, causing the judge to miss his train. He was dismissed from job following a departmental enquiry . The division bench of Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva and Justice Vinay Saraf, while hearing the petition of the sacked driver, reinstated the driver in service, holding that the lapse on the part of the driver was not so serious as to warrant his dismissal from service. Vijay Singh Bhadoriya, in his petition, said he was recruited as a driver in the district & sessions court, Bhopal, on daily wages. He was regularised in service in Jan 2004. Operation Sindoor 'Our job is to hit target, not to count body bags': Air Marshal Bharti on Op Sindoor Precautionary blackout imposed across parts of Rajasthan, Punjab 'Indian Navy was in position to strike Karachi': Vice Admiral on Operation Sindoor He was deployed in the service of Justice SK Singh from Allahabad high court during his Bhopal visit from Nov 10 to 20, 2006. He was supposed to leave Justice Singh at the railway station by car on the intervening night of Nov 19 & 20. He was asked to come to the VIP guest house, where Justice Singh stayed, at 1.30 am but he reached there by 2.15 and Justice Singh missed the train. Justice Singh had made a written complaint against him and charged that he not only came late but he was drunk, too. Subsequently, he was issued a show cause notice and a departmental enquiry ensued. He was found guilty of professional misconduct and was dismissed. from the service in February, 2007. The petitioner argued that the vehicle in which Justice Singh was to be taken to railway station was parked in Shyamala Hills. When he was going to fetch the car by his cycle, a tyre of the cycle got punctured and he became late in reaching the VIP guest house. Justice Singh had accused him of being drunk but he was not sent for medical examination nor any witness was examined to find out whether he was actually drunk. The court, however, said then railway magistrate, Bhopal, Suresh Singh, in his deposition before the inquiry officer had stated that Justice Singh could not reach the railway station in time because the driver came to the VIP guest house late and he was drunk. The driver has admitted that he came late to the VIP guest house but he refused to accept that he was drunk. Homeguard at the Judges' Enclave at Shyamala Hills Sunil Kumar, who was on duty that night, confirmed that the tyre of his cycle had got judges said the high court could only intervene in an order where an employee has been punished for professional misconduct when provisions of law have been violated or the punishment in violation to principles of natural justice. The judges said they agree with the conclusion of the officer who held the DE but the quantum of punishment appears to be disproportionate to his misconduct. They ordered the competent officer to reconsider the volume of punishment within 3 months while reinstating the driver on a "No work, no pay" basis. Get the latest lifestyle updates on Times of India, along with Mother's Day wishes , messages , and quotes !
Time of India
04-05-2025
- Business
- Time of India
HC stays RDVV late fee order for Katni college
Bhopal/Jabalpur: The MP high court has stayed Rani Durgavati Vishwavidyalaya 's (RDVV) decision to impose a 25 per cent late fee on Katni Degree College for depositing its affiliation fee . The court directed the university to reopen its portal, and allow the college to pay the fee without the penalty by May 5. The court also issued notices to the university and other respondents in the case. Lal Mathura Das Education Society, which runs the college, argued that they were supposed to deposit Rs 17 lakh as affiliation fee for the academic session 2025-26. They could not deposit the fee on time because of erratic information on the portal. The university administration has now imposed a 25 per cent of the original fee as a late fee and asked to deposit the amount by May 5. Following initial arguments, a bench of justice Sanjeev Sachdeva and justice Vinay Saraf stayed the order of the RDVV administration.
Time of India
25-04-2025
- Business
- Time of India
HC seeks airlines' opinion on taxes, poor air connectivity in Jabalpur
Bhopal/Jabalpur: The state govt has filed a reply before a division bench of MP high court , hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) over poor air connectivity hampering growth of Jabalpur city, on more taxes being charged at Jabalpur airport compared to other airports. The bench of Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva and Justice Vinay Saraf sought an opinion of the airline companies on the reply presented by the state govt while deferring hearing on the petition to May 14. Petitioners in the case, PG Najpande and Rajat Bhargava, said air connectivity from Jabalpur to other major cities of the country was poor as compared to places like Indore, Bhopal and Gwalior. They said before the Corona pandemic, there were 8 regular flights from Jabalpur to various cities in the country. Recently, the Jabalpur airport was renovated at a cost of Rs 5,000 crore but now only 4 regular flights are being operated from Jabalpur. They said that poor air connectivity is causing a lot of problems to the residents of Jabalpur and it's a major contributory factor hindering the growth of the city. In the course of hearing of the case, the major airline companies, in their reply to the high court notice in the matter, had raised the issue of more taxes being imposed on flights operating from Jabalpur compared to other places. At the behest of the court, the state govt presented its reply on the issue but during hearing of the case on Monday, the reply was there on the records. The court while seeking opinion of the airline companies on the reply presented by the state government deferred hearing of the ase to May 14.
