https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=166964 The Supreme Court reaffirmed that settled seniority rulings in the Income-tax Service would not be reopened absent fresh, compelling material or other substantial reasons. It held that alleged errors in earlier decisions, non-production of every file, and later materials such as the Rajya Sabha Committee report did not undermine the prior judicial conclusions. Emphasising finality in service disputes, the Court stated that review or reconsideration is exceptional and requires new and important evidence or similarly strong grounds. The challenge to the earlier rulings therefore failed, and no basis was shown to disturb the existing seniority arrangements. en-us Wed, 23 Apr 1980 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 10 Mar 2015 12:19:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=166964 The Supreme Court reaffirmed that settled seniority rulings in the Income-tax Service would not be reopened absent fresh, compelling material or other substantial reasons. It held that alleged errors in earlier decisions, non-production of every file, and later materials such as the Rajya Sabha Committee report did not undermine the prior judicial conclusions. Emphasising finality in service disputes, the Court stated that review or reconsideration is exceptional and requires new and important evidence or similarly strong grounds. The challenge to the earlier rulings therefore failed, and no basis was shown to disturb the existing seniority arrangements. Case-Laws Income Tax Wed, 23 Apr 1980 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=166964