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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 moreMembers of a cooperative housing society had been allotted plots by the Indore Development Authority (IDA) according to a Resolution tying allotment priority to the seniority/date of payment by each member. A District Consumer Forum directed execution of lease deeds for members who had completed payment and already been allotted plots, which the State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Bhopal, upheld on appeal (while setting aside the cost and mental-agony compensation awarded below), subject to the Cooperative Societies Registrar finalizing a seniority list. The IDA then brought a batch of 26 connected appeals to the Supreme Court, though it clarified it had no real dispute with the underlying scheme and simply wanted the proceedings finalized.
The Supreme Court noted the IDA's position that it wished to implement the Resolution but had been held up because the Joint Registrar of Cooperative Societies had not yet finalized the list of eligible members. The Court declined to implead the Registrar as a party but instead directed the Joint Registrar to positively finalize the list within three months, in accordance with the State Commission's order and the law, and directed the IDA to complete allotment/execution of lease deeds within one month of receiving that finalized list. On this basis, all the connected appeals (and applications) were disposed of, with the Registry directed to communicate the order to the Joint Registrar and the IDA.
Where the substantive entitlement (who gets a plot, and in what order) has already been settled by the consumer fora below, the Supreme Court will step in mainly to fix a firm timeline so that bureaucratic delay, here, a pending seniority list, does not indefinitely stall implementation of relief that has already been granted.
