Supreme Court Sets Aside High Court Order on Flexible Complementing Scheme Rules: Union of India vs. Manjurani Routray (2023) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether the High Court can declare a rule ultra vires without a specific challenge in the pleadings. CASE TYPE: Service Law Case Name: Union of India & Ors. vs. Manjurani Routray & Ors. [Judgment […]
Supreme Court Upholds Service Counting for Diploma Holders Acquiring Degrees in Promotion: T. Valsan vs. K. Kanagaraj (2023) Date of the Judgment: May 8, 2023 Citation: (2023) INSC 449 Judges: Sanjay Kishan Kaul, J., Abhay S. Oka, J., Manoj Misra, J. Can a Diploma holder, who obtains an Engineering Degree during their service, count their
Supreme Court Upholds Requirement of Diploma in Civil Engineering for Promotion: Unnikrishnan vs. Union of India (2023) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether a Diploma in Draughtsman Estimating and Design is equivalent to a Diploma in Civil Engineering for promotion to the post of Superintendent BR Grade-I. CASE TYPE: Service Law Case Name: Unnikrishnan CV and Others vs.
Supreme Court Upholds Employee Transfer and Seniority: Gwalior Development Authority vs. Subhash Saxena (2022) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether an employee’s transfer between development authorities is valid and how seniority should be determined in such cases. CASE TYPE: Service Law Case Name: Gwalior Development Authority vs. Subhash Saxena & Others [Judgment Date]: March 14, 2022 Introduction Date
Supreme Court Upholds State’s Promotion Rules: State of UP vs. Vikash Kumar Singh (2021) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether the High Court can issue a writ of mandamus to grant relaxation in qualifying service for promotion when the rules specify a minimum service period and the relaxation is discretionary. CASE TYPE: Service Law – Promotion Case Name:
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Haryana C&V Teachers Not Automatically TGT: Supreme Court Decision on Promotions (2019) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether Classical and Vernacular (C&V) cadre teachers are automatically considered Trained Graduate Teachers (TGT) for promotion purposes. CASE TYPE: Service Law Case Name: State of Haryana and Another vs. Sandeep Singh and Others Judgment Date: May 6, 2019 Introduction Date of
Supreme Court Clarifies Promotion Rules: Rajasthan State Sports Council vs. Uma Dadhich (2019) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether promotion rules should be applied based on the date of vacancy or the date when the promotion decision is made. CASE TYPE: Service Law Case Name: Rajasthan State Sports Council & Anr. vs. Smt. Uma Dadhich & Anr. [Judgment
Date of the Judgment: May 6, 2013 Citation: (2013) INSC 318 Judges: H.L. Gokhale, J. and Ranjan Gogoi, J. Can a government order clarifying promotion rules unintentionally create new preferences? The Supreme Court of India recently addressed this question in a case concerning promotions of typists to Section Officers in the Kerala Administrative Secretariat. The
Introduction Date of the Judgment: 4th September 2008 The Supreme Court of India, in V.K. Srivastava & Ors. vs. Govt. of U.P. & Anr., addressed a critical question regarding the retrospective application of amended service rules concerning promotions within the Uttar Pradesh Higher Judicial Service. This case highlights the conflict between established seniority rights and
