Case Law Analysis
|Madras High Court
Article 14 | Range-Wise Seniority in Police Promotions Violates Equality, Mandates State-Wide Seniority: Madras HC
Madras High Court strikes down Tamil Nadu Police's range-wise seniority system for promotions, ruling it unconstitutional under Article 14. The court mandates state-wide seniority from enlistment date, prospectively effective from 01.01.2026, and creates 1,216 supernumerary posts to address backlog disparities.