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On immunity to senior govt officers, Supreme Court says 2014 ruling retrospective
Time ripe for paternity leave legislation, says HC
SC says will frame SOPs to curb irrational summonses to babus

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On immunity to senior govt officers, Supreme Court says 2014 ruling retrospective

In a unanimous verdict, a five-judge constitution bench headed by Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul ruled that the apex court’s May 6, 2014 verdict, which had struck down section 6-A (1) of the DSPE Act, 1946, providing immunity to such officers in graft cases, will have retrospective effect.
The Indian Express
Sep 12, 2023
THE ALREADY struck down provision in the Delhi Special Police Establishment (DSPE) Act, 1946, which made central government sanction mandatory for the CBI to prosecute officers of the rank of Joint Secretary and above, will stand nullified from September 11, 2003, when it was inserted in the Act, the Supreme Court ruled Monday. Read more …
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– SC Judgment dated 04.09.2023 – Sunil Kumar Chaudhary Vs. Union of India & Anr.

Time ripe for paternity leave legislation, says HC

Times of India
Aug 22, 2023
MADURAI: Madras HC has said that it is high time policy makers brought a legislation for mandatory paternity leave to biological and and adoptive fathers in all states as well as the private sector. The HC made the observations last week while quashing a desertion order issued against a police inspector, B Sarvanan, who had sought extension of leave to take care of his wife during childbirth.
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SC says will frame SOPs to curb irrational summonses to babus

Times of India
Aug 22, 2023
NEW DELHI: While saying that it will frame standard guidelines to curb irrational summons to bureaucrats seeking their personal presence before constitutional courts and dissuade judges from deriding officers who appear in courts without wearing jackets (blazers), the Supreme Court on Monday refused to accept parts of the draft Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) submitted by the government saying they appeared to be like an advisory to the courts on how “judicial review should be exercised”.
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