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The Supreme Court Collegium, in its meeting held on 6 August 2026, recommended the elevation of Justice V. Kameswar Rao, Justice Ravindra V. Ghuge, Justice Mahesh Chandra Tripathi and Justice Ashwani Kumar Mishra as Chief Justices of the Patna, Calcutta, Bombay, and Punjab and Haryana High Courts, respectively.
“The Resolution indicates pragmatism on the part of the Government in dealing with such case of compassionate appointment, in order to ensure that the family which has lost a bread earner, is extended financial support at the earliest.”
“We do not find any reason that would outweigh the Rules of 2008 and the Circular. Moreover, the Rules of the Bar Council of India indicate that, besides English, students belonging to particular regions and States may write their answers in the regional language. For Maharashtra, the regional language is Marathi ”
The Supreme Court in its judgment on mandatory TET/ CTET qualification for the teachers, had given various guidelines regarding the fate of the candidates who did not qualify the said exam before the statutory cut-off date of 31-3-2019.
The welfare of the child is the paramount consideration in custody matters, therefore, the right of father and mother as natural guardian can only be curtailed when the custody might be detrimental to the welfare of the child.
The Court questioned whether these protesters would clean up the streets, vacate them, go back home and let peace and let the tranquility prevail in Mumbai, so that the common man can lead a normal life?
The police under oath stated that the petitioner was informed the reasons of arrest by giving it in writing on a sheet of paper, but the fact that no such sheet of paper was ever served to the petitioner, and a completely false statement was made by the authorities, shocked the conscience of the Court.
“Young students of an impressionable age are enticed into consumption of such drugs and cigarettes virtually opening the path towards addiction and their physical destruction”.
Clause 11.3 of the UGC Regulations, 2018 castes an obligation on the institution concerned to issue a confirmation order to the incumbent within 45 days of completion of the probation period after following the due process of verification of satisfactory performance.
The freedom to franchise/to contest an election/select from amongst the contesting candidates/to enjoy a term prescribed under the constitution of the Union, etc., cannot be curbed by a circular or Office Memorandum of an Employer.
While dealing with matters such as the present one, the Court must be conscious of the fact regarding the purpose and object of seeking such a caste certificate based on the mother’s social status, since the mother belongs to the reserved category.
The Court stated that Applicants 5 to 8, being maternal uncles and their wives, are only instrumental in introducing Applicant 1’a marriage proposal to the complainant and it cannot be said that they knew about his condition.
The Sub-Divisional Officer, Miraj passed an order thereby correcting petitioner’s date of birth and therefore, the District Collector, Sangli was directed to issue notice to the Sub-Divisional Officer, Tasgaon, asking for an explanation, as to how he could record the date of birth as 02-06-1972.
The Court referred to Ahmednagar Mahanagar Palika v. Kamgar Union, (2022) 10 SCC 172, and State of West Bengal v. Debabrata Tiwari, 2023 SCC OnLine SC 219, wherein the Supreme Court held that the object of compassionate employment is to tide over a sudden crisis, and the application for grant of appointment on compassionate basis should not be considered after a prolonged delay; the sense of urgency should not be lost.