https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=462926 Regulation 10 of the UGC 2018 framework was held relevant to shortlisting for Assistant Professor appointments under Regulation 4.1 and Table 3A, because the scheme permits counting past teaching or post-doctoral service where the stipulated conditions are met. The Supreme Court rejected the High Court's approach of treating that reference as surplusage and declined to read down Regulation 10(f)(iii), holding that reading down cannot be used to avoid an unestablished constitutional or statutory defect. It also held that a writ court cannot sustain relief on an unpleaded perceived anomaly, including the post-doctoral experience point, when that issue was not part of the case before it. en-us Wed, 18 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 24 Jul 2025 20:28:51 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=462926 Regulation 10 of the UGC 2018 framework was held relevant to shortlisting for Assistant Professor appointments under Regulation 4.1 and Table 3A, because the scheme permits counting past teaching or post-doctoral service where the stipulated conditions are met. The Supreme Court rejected the High Court's approach of treating that reference as surplusage and declined to read down Regulation 10(f)(iii), holding that reading down cannot be used to avoid an unestablished constitutional or statutory defect. It also held that a writ court cannot sustain relief on an unpleaded perceived anomaly, including the post-doctoral experience point, when that issue was not part of the case before it. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 18 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=462926