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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 moreSavatram Rampratap Mills, a cotton mill at Akola later taken over by the Government-owned National Textile Corporation, issued eviction notices to a tenant under the Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorized Occupants) Act, 1971, but directed him to appear for proceedings in Mumbai even though the premises were in Akola. The tenant challenged this in the Bombay High Court (Nagpur Bench), arguing the proceedings could only be held at Akola since that is where the cause of action arose and where the governing notification placed jurisdiction. Both the Single Judge and the Division Bench of the High Court agreed with the tenant and quashed the notices, prompting the Mill to appeal to the Supreme Court.
The Supreme Court upheld the High Court's view that the Estate Officer's jurisdiction under Section 3(b) of the Act is tied to the "local limits" specified in the official notification, and since that notification placed the Mill's premises within Akola's limits, proceedings could only be validly initiated there, not in Mumbai. The appeal was dismissed, but the Court clarified that the Mill remained free to issue fresh eviction notices and conduct the proceedings properly at Akola within one month, with any resulting eviction order remaining subject to final adjudication. Two related appeals (C.A. Nos. 9700 and 9704 of 2014) raising the same point were dismissed on the same reasoning.
A government authority must exercise its statutory powers only within the geographic limits fixed by the notification creating that power: procedural shortcuts that ignore jurisdictional boundaries will be struck down, even if the underlying claim may later be pursued correctly.
