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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 Rajasthan Public Service Commission advertised over 13,000 School Lecturer posts in 2015 and held a written exam in 2016. After candidates objected to the published answer key, a series of writ petitions and appeals in the Rajasthan High Court led to an Expert Committee reviewing the key, deleting 18 flawed questions from Paper-I, and the High Court (at both Jodhpur and Jaipur) upholding the Commission's revised process and dismissing the candidates' further challenges. Dissatisfied candidates, numbering in the hundreds across dozens of tagged appeals, then appealed to the Supreme Court.
The Supreme Court upheld the Expert Committee's methodology of deleting flawed questions and redistributing marks proportionately among candidates who had attempted the remaining questions, finding this approach fair and not arbitrary. However, it noted that only the 311 appellants actually before the Court had had their results revised, while similarly situated non-appealing candidates had not. To ensure equity, the Court directed the Commission to revise the entire result for all candidates (except those already selected and appointed, whose appointments were protected), publish the revised results and cut-off marks, and offer appointments to any newly-qualifying candidates against the 1,045 remaining vacancies, all within three months.
When a public recruitment exam's answer key is later corrected, courts will push for the benefit of that correction to be extended fairly to all similarly-placed candidates, not just the ones who happened to litigate, while shielding appointments already made in good faith.
