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Civil Appeal · 2026 INSC 1094
An older qualification must still satisfy the eligibility rules governing the appointment sought. Here, the certificate's early date did not secure reinstatement, and rejection of eligibility should not be confused with a conclusive finding that the certificate was forged.
Civil Appeal · 2026 INSC 1095
A party benefiting from a conditional stay must meet its deposit requirement or face enforcement. The additional ₹15 crore deposit secures the pending dispute; it does not settle the land's final compensation or amount to an immediate payment to the landowners.
Criminal Appeal · 2026 INSC 1093
An alleged attempt to kill does not become a lesser offence simply because the victim avoided a fatal injury. Restoring this charge means the accusation must be tried; it does not establish that the accused is guilty.
Civil Appeal · 2026 INSC 1090
For the assessment in this case, assistance reducing ordinary manufacturing costs was taxable even though the government wanted to encourage industry. The purpose and actual operation of the particular subsidy mattered more than its general development label.
Criminal Appeal · 2026 INSC 1091
Proof that someone caused a serious injury does not by itself prove the additional ingredients of robbery. A court can substitute a lesser offence supported by the evidence; the sentencing reduction here depended on Appa's particular circumstances.
Special Leave Petition (Civil) · 2026 INSC 1092
Someone challenging an election must ensure that the personal-presentation requirement is met and can be proved. Merely entering the court building does not establish compliance, and a filing defect can end the challenge before the election allegations are examined.
Civil Appeal · 2026 INSC 1088
An employee who retires on 30 June may be entitled to the increment that falls due on 1 July after completing a year of service. Authorities that delay paying the amounts due must pay interest after the deadline set by the court.
Civil Appeal · 2026 INSC 1089
Recruitment must follow the qualifications stated in the advertisement and the governing Recruitment Rules. A court will not override a merit-based eligibility decision made under those rules merely because the candidate concerned was higher in the written test.
Writ Petition (Criminal) · 2026:DHC:8797
A person who occupied property only because of employment has no independent right to remain once the employment and decree end. Even when a petition fails, courts can make practical arrangements to let a person recover personal belongings.
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Log in to see moreThe appellant, a teacher with roughly thirty years of service, had his salary stopped by an order dated 25 January 2012 "on the basis of doubt." While his writ petition challenging that order was pending, a Single Judge of the Allahabad High Court stayed the salary-stoppage order as an interim measure. On appeal by the other side, a Division Bench modified that interim arrangement, directing that the status quo as of the date of filing the writ petition (i.e., salary already stopped) be maintained instead, while the writ petition itself was to be decided later.
The Supreme Court held there was no justification for the Division Bench to have disturbed the Single Judge's interim order, noting the appellant had worked since 1987 and had been drawing salary until the 2012 order. The Division Bench's modification, which left the appellant without salary pending final disposal of the writ petition, was set aside, and the Single Judge's original interim order (staying the salary stoppage) was restored to continue operating until the writ petition's final disposal. The Court directed that arrears of salary be released within one month, while leaving the underlying writ petition itself to be decided independently by the High Court on its own merits.
Courts are reluctant to disturb interim relief that protects a long-serving employee's livelihood while the underlying dispute is still being litigated; an appellate court should not casually modify a reasoned interim arrangement without due regard to its own effect on the parties.
