Supreme Court of India

Adarsh Dinkar Sontakke v. Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti

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Bench Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta JJ.
Decided 30 July 2026

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that the decision in Rakam Singh 23 (supra) had no application to the facts of the present case, and the reliance placed upon it by the High Court was clearly erroneous.

Judgment, page 22

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