After her husband died, a mother was pushed out of her family home by her sons. She lost an eviction effort under the Senior Citizens Act, but the Calcutta High Court still ensured she would receive Rs 25,000 per month as maintenance. The ruling stressed tribunals can only issue maintenance orders, not property eviction.
The Uttarakhand High Court has quashed a 31-year-old government order that had halted the hiring of contract workers at ONGC. The court ruled the original notification was issued without proper consultation and said it lacked a strong factual basis. The decision directly reshapes ONGC’s contracting and hiring practices after ONGC itself approached the court.
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