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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 State of Punjab filed a large batch of appeals (44 connected matters) against High Court orders. The short order itself does not re-narrate the underlying dispute in detail, but records that it arises out of the same common order that the Supreme Court had already dealt with in an earlier judgment dated 11.01.2017 in Civil Appeal Nos. 2111-2113 of 2016 (and batch), where similar impugned orders had been set aside and remitted to the High Court.
The Court condoned the delay in filing, granted leave, and held that since these appeals arose out of the same common order already addressed in its 11.01.2017 judgment, it was unnecessary to issue notice to the respondents. It set aside the impugned orders and remitted the matters to the High Court to be taken up together with the matters already remitted there, directing the High Court to issue fresh notices to the respondents and directing the appellants to serve copies of the judgment and appeals on the respondents. The earlier 11.01.2017 judgment was made part of this judgment, and the appeals (along with any pending interlocutory applications) were disposed of on that basis.
When a batch of appeals raises the same point the Supreme Court has already decided in an earlier ruling, the Court can finally dispose of the fresh batch simply by applying that earlier decision, even while sending the matters back to the High Court for follow-up proceedings: this is a complete, final disposal of the appeal itself, not a mere adjournment.
