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AICTE Regulations Don't Apply To Direct Recruitment Of Engineering Professors Conducted By State PSCs: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Monday (January 19) held that All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) Regulations do not apply in matters of direct recruitment for the post of professors in Engineering colleges conducted by the State's Public Service Commissions. “To apply AICTE Regulations to a candidate participating in recruitment for the post of Professors in the Engineering Colleges...
Reserved Category Candidate Scoring Higher Than General Category Cut Off Must Be Included In Open Post : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court recently observed that a reserved-category candidate who scores higher than the cut-off marks for General Category shall be eligible to hold an unreserved vacant post."It is now a settled proposition of law that a candidate belonging to reserve category who has scored marks higher than the cut off marks for the General Category is to be treated as having qualified against...
Wait-Listed Candidate Has No Vested Right To Appointment After Expiry Of Wait List : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court held that in public employment, wait-listed candidates do not acquire any vested or automatic right to appointment once the statutory validity of the waiting list has expired. “…the law seems to be well-settled that when a candidate included in a select/merit list has no indefeasible right of appointment, it would be too far-fetched to think that a candidate in...
West Bengal SIR | Class 10 Admit Card Will Have To Be Accepted : Supreme Court Tells Election Commission
In relation to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process in West Bengal, the Supreme Court on Monday observed that the Class 10 admit card issued by the State Board must be accepted as a document for enumeration.A bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Joymalya Bagchi was hearing the petitions concerning the WB SIR.Senior Advocate...
Supreme Court Annual Digest 2025: POSH Act
Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 - Supreme Court Annual Digest 2025 Interpretation of Statutes – Use of the word 'Where' in Section 11(1) – Held, the expression "where the respondent is an employee" in Section 11(1) of the POSH Act is a procedural trigger and not a jurisdictional constraint - The word 'where' functions as...
Supreme Court Stays Rajasthan High Court Order To Remove Liquor Vends Within 500 Mtrs Of Highways
The Supreme Court today stayed the Rajasthan High Court order which directed removal or relocation of all liquor shops falling within 500 metres of a state or national highway.A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta passed the order, after hearing Senior Advocate Mukul Rohatgi (for petitioner) and Solicitor General Tushar Mehta (for State). Notably, the SG was supporting the...
Supreme Court Asks MP Govt To Decide On Sanction To Prosecute Minister Vijay Shah Over Remarks Against Colonel Sofiya Qureshi
The Supreme Court on Monday directed the State of Madhya Pradesh to take a decision within two weeks on granting sanction to prosecute Minister Kunwar Vijay Shah in the case over his objectionable remarks targeting Colonel Sofiya Qureshi.A bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, Justice Deepankar Datta and Justice Joymalya Bagchi noted that the Special Investigation Team...
For SC/ST Act Offence, Insult Must Be On Account Of Victim Belonging To SC/ST Community : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court held that abusive language alone is not an offence under the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, unless it is used with the intent to humiliate a person by their caste, and mere insult, even with knowledge of caste, is not punishable without such specific intent. A Bench comprising Justices JB Pardiwala and Alok Aradhe set aside...
Delhi High Court Quashes Income Tax Notices Against NDTV Founders Prannoy Roy And Radhika Roy; Imposes ₹2 Lakh Cost On Dept
The Delhi High Court has set aside the income tax reassessment notices issued to New Delhi Television Ltd. (NDTV) founders Prannoy Roy and Radhika Roy (petitioners), relating to a transaction involving RRPR Holding Pvt. Ltd, a promoter group of the news network.The bench further imposed Rs. 2 Lakh costs on tax authorities, directing that Rs. 1 Lakh be paid to each petitioner.Senior...
Are UGC Guidelines Binding On University Not Receiving Govt Grants? Supreme Court To Decide
The Supreme Court recently asked the petitioner Madurai Kamaraj University and the Madurai Kamaraj University Constituent College and the respondent University Grant Commission(UGC) to file affidavit as to whether the petitioner University is receiving funds from the UGC or the State/Central Government. It has also asked the parties to specify whether the UGC Guidelines are mandatory or...