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The Court held that the candidates included in the revised list of 226 candidates acquired no vested right and must participate in the fresh selection process.
Supreme Court clarified that compassionate appointment and compassionate financial assistance are distinct benefits under the Haryana Compassionate Assistance Rules, 2019, and held that Rule 23(1) cannot be invoked to defer a claim for compassionate appointment during the pendency of criminal proceedings.
Reiterating the distinction between territorial jurisdiction and forum convenience, the Supreme Court held that once jurisdiction is validly attracted under Article 226(1) by the presence of necessary respondent authorities within a High Court’s territorial limits, the doctrine of forum non conveniens cannot be routinely invoked to decline adjudication.
The Court was considering a case where the appellant’s provisional selection to the post of Stipendiary Cadet Trainee Police Constable was cancelled on ground of criminal antecedents resulting from moral turpitude.
The Court held that Rule 111, Delhi School Education Rules, 1973 grants the benefit of child care leave to an employee of a recognised private school, whether aided or unaided, at par with such employees working in a corresponding status in a government school.
May 2026 was a landmark month for Indian constitutional law. The Supreme Court upheld electoral integrity, extended protection to trafficking survivors, reformed bail jurisprudence, advanced gender equality in matrimonial law, and settled long-contested questions in arbitration, IBC, and property law
“If individuals entrusted with enforcing the law themselves secure entry into service through deception and fabricated credentials, it would seriously erode the Rule of Law.”
The Court held that path from the proved fact of transfer of Rs 75,000 to the conclusion of bribery remains unexplained.
The terms of the recruitment rules and the advertisement form the basis of the selection process and are binding on both, the candidates as well as the recruiting agencies.
The criteria prescribed was not in any manner watered down or deviated from the criteria required to be satisfied while seeking regular appointment.
Initiation of administrative proceedings for disciplinary action against the appellant, we unhesitatingly hold, was bad in law and non est.
“When the executive authority, entrusted with the implementation of the Service Rules, concedes their incompatibility with the governing constitutional instrument, the Court cannot sustain their validity.”
“In view of the plea of discrimination as taken and the response filed in the counter affidavit, it is clear that out of 16 candidates 3 could not join, therefore, those posts are available.”
“TET only enables the reserved category candidates to participate in the main examination i.e. TAIT. No relaxation or concession has been granted to reserved category candidates in the main examination and their merit has been evaluated at par with general category candidates.”
“The State, as a model employer, cannot adopt artificial classifications to deny statutory benefits. Repackaging contractual engagements under a different nomenclature, while denying regularization, violates the equality mandate under Articles 14 and 16 of the Constitution.”
“Although the Trial Court might be right in obtaining spot inspection report, but that report should have been considered after recording evidence of witnesses and the trial Court should have come to a conclusion as to whether temporary injunction order was breached by any of the parties or not, but nothing of that sort has been done.”
“Ex gratia is not a legally mandatory payment like gratuity, it is discretionary, based on employer policy. The purpose of ex gratia is to provide immediate financial relief to the family of the deceased employee.”
“Petitioner did not sign the pre-receipts, mandatory for drawing salary, and also did not submit his bank details. The petitioner’s own conduct and non-cooperative attitude contributed to the delay in release of payments.”
Public dissemination of allegations by a PSU employee through social media may attract disciplinary consequences. However, where misconduct does not demonstrate corruption or moral turpitude, severance from service violates the doctrine of proportionality.
“In the absence of any rival or competing claims, and where the identity and entitlement of the legal heirs are clearly verified, the competent authority may release retiral benefits, pensionary dues, compensation.”