The Kerala High Court on Wednesday set aside a school manager’s decision denying compassionate appointment to a 51-year-old widow solely because she remarried. The ruling came from Justice N. Nagaresh, who heard the writ petition filed by Mini R.K. the wife of a deceased government-aided school teacher who had been waiting nearly eight years for an eligible vacancy to open.

Inside Court Hall No. 4, the atmosphere was steady but tense. Mini sat quietly with her lawyers as the judge read out portions of the order, occasionally pausing to underline the “statutory character” of Rule 51B under the Kerala Education Rules (KER).

In a judgment pronounced on Friday, a Supreme Court Bench comprising Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Vipul M. Pancholi upheld the auction of agricultural land in Perambalur, bringing a two-decade-long dispute to a close. The judges were clear that once an auction is completed under the Tamil Nadu Revenue Recovery Act, any challenge must be filed within 30 days a window that the appellant, Kolanjiammal, had admittedly missed.

the atmosphere was steady and almost weary, as both sides repeated arguments that the case had carried for years.

On a slightly warm Thursday afternoon, the Supreme Court bench of Justice Manoj Misra and Justice J.B. Pardiwala delivered a judgment that had lawyers in Courtroom 4 quietly nodding some in agreement, others in concern over the ripple effects. The appeal filed by Poly Medicure Ltd. against Brillio Technologies Pvt. Ltd. was dismissed, with the Court ruling that the company could not claim the status of a “consumer” under the Consumer Protection Act, 1986.

As the order was read out, the bench remarked in a measured tone,