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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 moreA criminal case (arising from Case Crime No. 177 of 2023 at Mahila Thana, Mathura) had been registered against the appellants, including the husband in a troubled marriage, on a complaint by the wife. Their application to quash the proceedings under Section 482 CrPC had been rejected, leading to this appeal. While the appeal was pending, the husband and wife appeared before the Supreme Court and informed it that they had settled their disputes, including multiple other cases pending between them in various courts.
The Court recorded the terms of the settlement: the husband paid the wife a total of Rs. 30 lakh in full and final settlement, both sides agreed that all the other listed cases between them would not be proceeded with, and both undertook to remove and never re-upload photos/videos of each other or their families from social media. The Court directed that all the listed pending cases/proceedings stand closed on production of a certified copy of the order. Finding the marriage irretrievably broken down, the Court exercised its special power under Article 142 of the Constitution to directly dissolve the marriage under Section 13B of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, without requiring the usual separate mutual-consent divorce process, and allowed the appeal accordingly.
Where a marriage has irretrievably broken down and both spouses jointly settle all their disputes (including criminal cases) and agree in writing to the terms, the Supreme Court can use its Article 142 power to grant an immediate mutual-consent divorce and close all connected cases in one stroke, rather than sending the parties through the ordinary multi-step statutory divorce procedure.
