HP Higher Judicial Service (District Judge) case studies
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The Himachal Pradesh Higher Judicial Service examination is the recruitment route through which advocates are considered for appointment to the cadre of District Judge in Himachal Pradesh. It is a selection process for experienced legal practitioners rather than a first-entry examination for fresh law graduates, and it is conducted under the aegis of the High Court of Himachal Pradesh. The HP Higher Judicial Service (District Judge) case studies are 5 cases and about 6,953 words.
1Demolition, Delay and an Unreasoned Status Quo: Revisiting an Interim Injunction
The plaintiff, one of three co-owners of a commercial building at Kasauli (district Solan), files a suit in 2023 for partition and permanent injunction against his brother and a developer holding a registered collaboration agreement. The agreement contemplates demolition of the existing three-storey structure and the construction of a hotel.
1,340 words, about 7 min2The Wrong Statute, the Second Declaration and the Mother-in-Law's Discharge
112/2024) is registered at Police Station Sadar, Mandi, on 19.06.2024 under Sections 307, 498-A and 304-B IPC after a woman was found at her matrimonial home with 80 per cent burns at 21:40 hours on 18.06.2024; she died at IGMC Shimla on 25.06.2024. The investigation contains two dying declarations.
1,394 words, about 7 min3Terminating a Twelve-Year Part-Time Employee: Writ, Retrenchment and Regularization
The petitioner was engaged in 2011 as a part-time water carrier (two hours a day) in a government senior secondary school in Bilaspur district, paid from the contingency fund. She worked continuously, completing 240 days in every year except 2016-17, and claims that 43 similarly engaged persons were regularized in 2019 under a state policy.
1,393 words, about 7 min4WhatsApp Screenshots, a Tainted Certificate and the One-Year Clock for Libel
A suit for damages of Rs. 25,00,000 for libel is filed on 04.03.2024 in the Court of the Civil Judge (Senior Division), Shimla.
1,395 words, about 7 min5Second Appeal: Adverse Possession Without an Issue, and the Power to Remand
A suit for declaration of title and possession over 4 kanals 12 marlas of land at Una is filed in 2011. The plaintiff relies on a registered sale deed dated 15.05.2005 executed by the defendant's father, who died in 2010, and on his own possession since then; he alleges dispossession in June 2011.
1,431 words, about 7 min