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Supreme Court Clarifies Eligibility Criteria for Food Safety Officers: Master’s Degree in Relevant Subjects Valid for Appointment. Court Rules in Favor of Appellants, Quashes High Court’s Decision on FSO Qualifications

The term “degree” under Section 22(3) of the UGC Act includes Bachelor’s, Master’s, and Doctorate degrees, and any restriction to exclude Mast...

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Bombay High Court Held That Retirement Includes Resignation—Entitlement to Pension Upheld

Resignation of a High Court Judge Does Not Forfeit Pensionary Benefits—Interpretation of “Retirement” Under High Court Judges (Salaries and Cond...

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Supreme Court Upholds Cancellation of Select List for Constable Recruitment Due to Irregularities. Recruitment Process Cancelled Due to Violation of Reservation Policy and Lack of Fair Representation – Supreme Court Reiterates Doctrine of Proportionality and Wednesbury Unasonableness

The doctrine of Proportionality: The Court held that the decision to cancel the entire recruitment process was proportionate to the gravity of the irr...

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High Court of Bombay at Goa Upholds Screening Criteria under Manohar Parrikar Goa Scholars Scheme. Court Declines Relief to Petitioner Citing Legislative Prerogative in Policy Matters

The court ruled that the classification made under the scheme had a rational nexus with its objective and did not suffer from arbitrariness. The legi...

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Landmark Judgment Reinforces Equality and Reasonable Accommodation for Persons with Disabilities in Judicial Appointments

Supreme Court Upholds Rights of Visually Impaired Candidates in Judicial Services, Strikes Down Discriminatory Rules Reasonable Accommodation: The p...

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Supreme Court Upholds Right to Medical Education for Persons with Disabilities — Ensures Equal Opportunity and Reasonable Accommodation

The Supreme Court set aside the Punjab and Haryana High Court’s order and directed admission of a PwD candidate to the MBBS course, emphasizing the ...

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Bombay High Court Upholds Differential Attempts for OBC and SC/ST Candidates in Civil Services Examination

Challenge to Civil Services Examination Rules 2024 on Attempts for Persons with Benchmark Disabilities (PwBD) The Bombay High Court dismissed the pet...

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Rights of Persons with Disabilities – Reasonable accommodation in examinations – Facility of scribe and compensatory time extended to all disabled candidates.

Constitution of India, 1950 – Article 32 – Writ jurisdiction invoked for enforcing rights under the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 ...

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Supreme Court Upholds Burial Rights of Christian Convert – Ensuring Equality and Religious Freedom. Burial Rights – Constitutional Protections – Religious Discrimination Prohibited

Constitutional Protection: Denying burial rights based on religious conversion violated Articles 14 and 15.  Failure of Authorities: The Panchayat fa...