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Why Supreme Court Urged Haryana To Amend Compassionate Appointment Rules In Cases Involving Alleged Murder Of Govt Employees
The Supreme Court recently urged the Haryana Government to examine and rectify a “significant anomaly” in the Haryana Civil Services (Compassionate Financial Assistance or Appointment) Rules, 2019, after noting that the scheme suspends compassionate financial assistance during criminal proceedings relating to the death of a government employee but contains no similar restriction...
LiveLaw Explainer | What Are Principles Of Promissory Estoppel
The Supreme Court has comprehensively restated the principles governing the doctrine of promissory estoppel, holding that governmental assurances are not empty declarations and that the State cannot arbitrarily withdraw promises on which citizens have acted to their detriment.In a judgment concerning the withdrawal of industrial incentives, the Court observed that promissory estoppel is...
'No Vested Right By Mere Inclusion In Revised Select List' : Supreme Court Upholds Fresh Selection Process For TN MV Inspectors
The Supreme Court has held that candidates whose names figure in a select list cannot claim any vested right to appointment when a fresh selection process is ordered to remedy exclusion of other eligible candidates, observing that participation in a renewed recruitment exercise preserves fairness and equal opportunity."No vested right could be claimed merely by placement in the revised select list, especially when the right of participation in the fresh selection process was not being taken...
Supreme Court Weekly Digest May 18 - 23, 2026
Administrative Law — Doctrine of Legitimate Expectation - Policy decisions of the State coupled with formal undertakings before the High Court gave rise to a legitimate expectation in the minds of left-out workers that their cases would be considered fairly - Although legitimate expectation does not create an absolute vested right, it is firmly rooted in the principles of fairness...
LiveLaw Explainer | What Are Principles On Admissions Under Order XII Rule 6 CPC
Order XII Rule 6 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 is a powerful procedural tool that enables courts to pronounce judgment on the basis of admissions, without requiring a full-fledged trial. The provision is intended to shorten litigation where the material facts are not genuinely in dispute and where a party's admission is sufficient to entitle the opposite party to relief.The...
Lokayukta Special Police Not 'Intelligence & Security Organisation' Exempt From RTI Act : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Monday upheld a Madhya Pradesh High Court direction requiring the Special Police Establishment (SPE) of the Lokayukta Organisation to disclose information sought under the Right to Information Act, while striking down a 2011 State Government notification that exempted the SPE from the RTI regime. A Bench of Justice J.K. Maheshwari and Justice Atul S. Chandurkar held that...
Curable Irregularity In Final Appointment Process Cannot Invalidate Entire Recruitment : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has held that a procedural defect in the final stage of a recruitment process cannot automatically invalidate appointments where the recruitment itself was otherwise conducted fairly and transparently, and directed a Haryana cooperative society to reconsider the appointments of seven employees who had served for more than a decade.A Bench of Justice Sanjay Karol and...
Constructive Res Judicata Bars Grounds Omitted Due To Negligence : Supreme Court Summarises Principles
Constructive Res Judicata Applies Even To Grounds Omitted Due To Negligence, Inadvertence: Supreme CourtThe Supreme Court has summarised the governing principles of the doctrine of constructive res judicata, reiterating that parties are required to raise all grounds that "might and ought" to have been raised in earlier proceedings and cannot avoid the doctrine by attributing omissions...
Dismissal Is Severest Punishment; Must Be Imposed Only For Grave Misconduct : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court recently observed that dismissal from service is one of the harshest forms of punishment; therefore, it must only be imposed by the disciplinary authority after duly considering relevant factors such as the nature and gravity of the misconduct, long service rendered, record, age, absence of financial loss to the company, etc. It also said that the period of suspension...
Revocation Of Probate Governed By Article 137 Of Limitation Act As Succession Act Prescribes None: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has held that since the Indian Succession Act, 1925 does not prescribe any limitation period either for seeking probate of a Will or for filing an application to revoke a probate already granted, such proceedings would be governed by Article 137 of the Limitation Act, 1963, which provides a three-year limitation period for applications where no specific period is...