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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 Medical Council of India (MCI) recommended against renewing a medical college's permission to admit a third batch of MBBS students for 2018-19 after repeated inspections found persisting deficiencies in infrastructure and clinical facilities, and the Central Government accordingly refused renewal. The college challenged this refusal before the Rajasthan High Court, which, at an interim stage (without a full hearing, since lawyers were on strike that day), stayed the government's refusal and directed that the college be allowed to admit 150 students pending final disposal of the case. MCI appealed to the Supreme Court against this interim order.
The Supreme Court held that it was not appropriate for the High Court to grant interim relief allowing provisional admissions while the writ petition was still pending, relying on a line of its own precedents holding that such "subject to outcome" admissions cause serious prejudice to students if the institution later loses the case. Relying on the reasoning in a companion appeal decided the same day involving similar facts, the Court found the proper course was for the High Court to hear and finally decide the matter on merits rather than permit admissions through an interim order. It accordingly set aside the Rajasthan High Court's interim order of 29.05.2018, without going into or deciding the underlying factual dispute about the college's compliance, leaving that to be decided by the High Court at the already-scheduled final hearing.
Courts are generally reluctant to let students be provisionally admitted to a course through an interim order while the real dispute over an institution's eligibility is still pending, because unwinding such admissions later causes serious hardship to students: the preferred course is a prompt final hearing on merits rather than interim relief.
