Service Archives - Supreme Court of India Judgements

May 5, 2025 4:25 pm

Appointment secured on merit cannot be invalidated for an unintentional category error in a qualifying certificate if no undue advantage accrued therefrom.

May 5, 2025 sclaw

2025 INSC 586 SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH SHYAM NANDAN MEHTA Vs. SANTOSH KUMAR AND OTHERS ( Before : Dipankar Datta and Prashant Kumar Mishra, JJ. ) Civil Appeal…

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Denial of promotion consideration based on an already set-aside punishment is illegal; employee entitled to retrospective consideration, promotion, and benefits if found eligible.

May 4, 2025 sclaw

2025 INSC 620 SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH P. SAKTHI Vs. THE GOVERNMENT OF TAMIL NADU AND OTHERS ( Before : Sudhanshu Dhulia and K. Vinod Chandran, JJ. )…

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Railway employees absorbed in new units due to surplus, including volunteers opting for transfer, lose past service seniority and rank junior-most in the recruitment grade.

May 3, 2025 sclaw

2025 INSC 613 SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH DINESH D PANCHAL AND OTHERS Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS ( Before : Abhay S. Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan, JJ.…

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The 18-month Diploma in Elementary Education (D. El. Ed.) programme conducted by the National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) through Open Distance Learning (ODL) mode, pursuant to the NCTE Recognition Order dated 22.09.2017, was a specific, one-time measure necessitated by the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (Amendment) Act, 2017

Apr 15, 2025 sclaw

2025 INSC 448 SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH KOUSIK DAS AND OTHERS Vs. STATE OF WEST BENGAL AND OTHERS ( Before : B.R. Gavai and Augustine George Masih, JJ.…

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Rule 6(2) WB Primary Teacher Rules incorporates prevailing NCTE norms, not fixing a qualification acquisition cut-off date.

Apr 14, 2025 sclaw

2025 INSC 451 SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH SOUMEN PAUL AND OTHERS Vs. SHRABANI NAYEK AND OTHERS ( Before : Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha and Manoj Misra, JJ. ) Civil…

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Where an advertisement was issued subsequent to the notification of the 2020 Rules providing 33% horizontal reservation for women, and specified certain posts (like DSP ‘SC Sports’) as reserved for women (‘SC Sports (Women)’), this reservation specification within the advertisement, implementing the mandate of the 2020 Rules, is valid for that recruitment process, unless the advertisement itself is successfully challenged or withdrawn.

Apr 12, 2025 sclaw

2025 INSC 479 SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH PRABHJOT KAUR Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS ( Before : Sudhanshu Dhulia and K. Vinod Chandran, JJ. ) Civil Appeal…

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Eligibility for dynamic reservation categories (OBC-NCL/EWS etc.) requires possessing a category certificate valid under applicable rules (including period/affidavits) as of the recruitment’s cut-off date (last application date if unspecified).

Apr 10, 2025 sclaw

2025 INSC 463 SUPREME COURT OF INDIA FULL BENCH SAKSHI ARHA Vs. THE RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT AND OTHERS ( Before : Abhay S. Oka, Ahsanuddin Amanullah and Augustine George Masih,…

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Supreme Court Rejects UCO Bank’s Plea That Employee Dismissed For Misconduct Wasn’t Entitled To Pension Despite 10 Yrs Service

Apr 6, 2025 sclaw

2025 INSC 442 REPORTABLE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPEAL NO. 5922 OF 2024 UCO BANK & ANR. APPELLANT(S) VERSUS VIJAY KUMAR HANDA RESPONDENT(S) J…

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Excess Payments To Employee Can’t Be Recovered When There Was No Fraud Or Misrepresentation

Apr 6, 2025 sclaw

2025 INSC 449 1 REPORTABLE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPEAL NO(s). __________ OF 2025 (Arising out of SLP(C) No(s). 5918/2024) JOGESWAR SAHOO & ORS.…

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Teacher In-Service As On Aug 10, 2017 With 18-Month D.El.Ed. From NIOS Before Apr 1, 2019 ‘At Par’ With 2-Yr Diploma Holder

Apr 5, 2025 sclaw

2025 INSC 448 1 REPORTABLE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPEAL NO. OF 2025 (Arising out of SLP(C) No. 19139 of 2024) KOUSIK DAS &…

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