District Judge at Port Blair Has Unlimited Jurisdiction to Hear Civil Appeals: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court held that the District Judge at Port Blair possesses unlimited pecuniary and territorial jurisdiction to hear appeals from judgments, decrees, and final orders passed by subordinate civil courts in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The aforesaid order was passed by three-judge bench comprising Justice Sabyasachi Bhattacharyya, Justice Rajarshi Bharadwaj and Justice … Read more

Disability Pension Is a Vested Right, Not a Bounty; Grants Full Arrears to Ex-Servicemen: Supreme Court

In one of the matter which has been related to arrears of disability pension, the Supreme Court observed that original applications as filed by the ex-servicemen didn’t suffer from any delay thereby Appellant (Union of India) disentitled the respondents from claiming the statutory relief. The said order has been passed by the Division Bench of … Read more