Candidates from reserved categories securing higher marks than the general category cut-off must be adjusted against unreserved seats, the Supreme Court said on Friday.
“It is now a settled proposition of law that a candidate belonging to reserve category (SC, ST and OBC) who has scored marks higher than the cut off marks for the general category is to be treated as having qualified against an open or unreserved vacant post,” a Bench of Justices MM Sundresh and SC Sharma said.
The top court said this while setting aside a 2020 judgment by the Kerala HC, which had directed the Airports Authority of India to appoint an unreserved candidate by excluding meritorious reserved category candidates from the general list.
Stays HC verdict disqualifying MLA for defecting to TMC
An SC Bench of CJI Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi on Friday stayed the Calcutta High Court’s November 13, 2025, verdict disqualifying senior leader Mukul Roy as an MLA of the West Bengal Assembly after he defected to the TMC from the BJP.
Seeks report on disqualification of BRS MLAs in two weeks
The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Telangana Assembly Speaker to apprise it on the status of adjudication of disqualification pleas against BRS MLAs, who had defected to the ruling Congress, in two weeks.
A Bench of Justice Sanjay Karol and Justice AG Masih gave two weeks to the Speaker to file a status report indicating the steps taken for disposing of disqualification pleas.
Turns down plea on glitches in UMEED Waqf portal
The SC refused to entertain a petition by a Waqf Mutawalli (caretaker) alleging technical and structural deficiencies in the Centre’s UMEED portal meant for uploading details of Waqf properties. Noting that the issues raised were largely administrative in nature, a Bench of CJI Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi dismissed the plea. However, it granted the liberty to petitioner Hashmat Ali, a Mutawalli (caretaker) of a Waqf, to move the appropriate authorities for redressal of grievances.