Authority: Supreme Court of India
Order Date: 12-10-2026
Case Overview
- Petitioner: The Secretary, T.N.P.M. Marimuthu Nadar Higher Secondary School Thalavaipuram
- Respondents: The Director of School Education & Ors.
- Diary No.: 55628/2026 (Special Leave Petition – Civil)
- Origin: Arising out of impugned final judgment and order dated 10-08-2026 in RAMD No.130/2026 and 18-02-2026 in WAMD No.41/2026 passed by the High Court of Judicature at Madras, Bench at Madurai.
- Counsel for Petitioner: Mr. Rahul Kaushik, Sr. Adv.; Mr. Ashish Kumar Upadhyay, AOR; Ms. Maitri Goal, Adv.; Mr. Varun Ranjan, Adv.; Mr. Sachin Kumar Verma, Adv.; Mr. Anubhav Chaturvedi, Adv.; Mr. Vivek Kumar Srivastava, Adv.
- Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Dipankar Datta and Hon'ble Mr. Justice Sheel Nagu.
- Key Judicial History:
- High Court Single Judge order dated 09‑Jan‑2026 granted relief to Respondent No.4.
- Division Bench of the High Court dated 18‑Feb‑2026 reversed that order and dismissed the review petition dated 10‑Aug‑2026.
Observations & Reasoning
1. The Court condoned the delay in filing the petition.
2. The Court expressed that it is not inclined to interfere with the High Court’s Division Bench judgment dated 18‑Feb‑2026, which reversed the earlier Single Judge order and dismissed the review petition.
3. The Court clarified that the impugned judgment and order granting relief to Respondent No.4 shall not be treated as a precedent for future cases.
4. Any pending applications, if any, shall stand disposed of.
Final Outcome
- The Special Leave Petition (Civil) No.55628/2026 is dismissed.
- Delay is condoned.
- No precedent will be set by the relief granted to Respondent No.4.
- Pending applications, if any, are to be disposed of.
Topics: Legal Proceedings, Education