Service Law

Supreme Court September 2026
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From quashing FIRs arising from NEET-UG 2026 protests and strengthening safeguards against re-arrest after violation of Article 22, to rejecting AI-generated fake citations, taking suo motu cognizance of crimes against women and children, protecting human-rights remedies and permitting direct access to Human Rights Courts, the Supreme Court’s September 2026 rulings span constitutional rights, criminal law, elections, arbitration, family law, labour, environment and writ jurisdiction.

interim protection to contractual Junior Engineers
Case BriefsSupreme Court

Supreme Court dismissed the SLP challenging interim protection granted to contractual Junior Engineers, permitting them to continue in service on the same terms and conditions pending the High Court’s decision on regularization.

Retrospective promotion granted after 46 years
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The Tribunal appears to have lost sight that a fact can be proved, while the negative cannot. It was up to the department to demonstrate communication.”

Legal Developments This Week
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A quick roundup to cover all the important legal developments and cases this week.

2026 SCC Vol 6
Cases ReportedSCC Weekly

Explore the latest Supreme Court Cases in 2026 SCC Vol. 6 Part 4 on Competition Act penalty, resolution plan, dearness allowance, and more.

Extraordinary pension benefits under Article 142
Case BriefsSupreme Court

The deceased had made the “supreme sacrifice” in the performance of his duty and had thereafter been posthumously decorated with the Shaurya Chakra, India’s third-highest peacetime gallantry award.

entire record recent performance retirement
Case BriefsSupreme Court

The Court held that employees serving in disciplined and uniformed forces such as the CISF are expected to maintain consistently high standards of efficiency and discipline.

Settlement in Disciplinary Dispute
Case BriefsSupreme Court

An Administrative-cum-Finance Officer of MAKAIAS challenged his compulsory retirement, alleging that the disciplinary proceedings were vitiated by bias on the part of the Director who acted as the disciplinary authority.

Supreme Court July 2026
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From a fake AI-generated precedent that voided an insolvency order to a stray bull attack that reshaped animal-welfare law, July 2026 was one of the Supreme Court’s most consequential months. Explore 30+ rulings spanning constitutional law, criminal justice, technology, and human rights, plus the appointments, transfers, and numbers behind the month’s docket.

National Commission for Scheduled Castes powers
Case BriefsSupreme Court

The Court stated that National Commission for Scheduled Castes has powers to requisition documents and receive evidence, but it does not have the power to make an order in furtherance of that evidence.

police drunkenness departmental proceedings
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The Court held that the absence of blood and urine tests does not invalidate disciplinary proceedings and that the Drunkenness Certificate issued by the Medical Officer along with the Judicial Magistrate’s observations was sufficient to establish misconduct inside the Court hall.

DHJS Exam 2026 Eligibility Criteria
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The Court stated that since all anticipated vacancies up to 1 December 2025 had already been included in the earlier recruitment process, the respondents were under no obligation to conduct a separate examination in 2025.

Gender discrimination in promotion
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The Tripura High Court quashed the Inspector General of Prisons’ communication and directed reconsideration within three months.

Service and Labour Law High Court Cases
Cases ReportedHigh Court Cases

Explore the latest Cases reported in SCC’s High Court Cases (HCC) shaping Service and Labour Laws which covers pension recovery, withholding of pension, abandonment of service, pay fixation, employees’ compensation, voluntary retirement, recruitment of persons with disabilities.

Service Law June 2026
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Bringing together the month’s significant service law developments from Supreme Court and High Court decisions on appointment, recruitment, eligibility, jurisdiction, employment regulation, and resignation.

NEET PG eligibility of SSC Medical Officers
Case BriefsHigh Courts

Armed Forces Tribunal refused to grant interim relief permitting the petitioners, SSC Medical Officers, to apply for and appear in the NEET PG Examination, 2026 on a priority basis.

TNPSC Motor Vehicle Inspector Recruitment
Case BriefsSupreme Court

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.

Rule 23(1) Compassionate Appointment
Case BriefsSupreme Court

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.

CAPF personnel Delhi High Court jurisdiction
Case BriefsSupreme Court

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.

pre-marital relationship police appointment cancellation
Case BriefsSupreme Court

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.