A mere violation of the procedure in appointing a person to a particular post does not always lead to the inference that the appointee and the appointing authority had a dishonest intention in making such appointment. Kerala High Court A complaint was filed alleging corruption in the appointment of Respondent No.2 as Assistant Director of the Kerala Bhasha Institute arraying amongst others a Former Minister for Cultural Affairs, and Director, Kerala Bhasha Institute, Thiruvananthapuram. An enq...

Contract Act, a general law is not applicable to forfeiture of earnest-money deposit under SARFAESI Rules nor does such forfeiture amounts to unjust enrichment even if the bank has already recovered its dues from the subsequent sale. – Supreme Court Authorised Officer, Central Bank of India v. Shanmugavelu Hon’ble Chief Justice of India Dr. Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud, Hon’ble Justice J.B. Pardiwala & Hon’ble Justice Manoj Misra Decided on 2nd February, 2024

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Law does not prohibit the same surety being furnished in different cases. Venugopal v. State of Kerala Decided on 16th January, 2024 Hon’ble Justice Bechu Kurian Thomas For Petitioner : Advs. C.S. Manu, Dilu Joseph, C.A. Anupaman, C.Y. Vijay Kumar, Manju E.R., Anandhu Satheesh, Alint Joseph & Paul Jose For Respondent : Adv. M.C. Ashi (PP) For judgment 'click here'

To punish a public servant under PC Act thedecision/conduct of the public servant must be dishonest, amounting to corruption. Dishonest intention is the gist of the offence under the PC Act. ––Kerala High Court C.Surendranath v. State of Kerala and Anr. Hon’ble Justice K. Babu Decided on 17th January, 2024 For Petitioners : Advs. Athul Shaji & Anwin John Antony For Respondents : Advs. Rajesh A (Spl. Government Pleader (Vigilance) & Rekha (Public Prosecutor) Reported b...