The Supreme Court granted interim relief to former NCB officer Sameer Wankhede in his challenge to disciplinary proceedings linked to the 2021 Cordelia cruise drug bust. It directed authorities to afford him a fair opportunity before taking any further steps.
The Supreme Court ruled that a Tanti candidate cannot be classified as a Scheduled Caste (SC) under Bihar’s July 2015 notification, affirming the invalidity of merging Tanti with the SC list. The Court upheld the Central Administrative Tribunal’s decision, confirming the candidate’s status as an Other Backward Class (OBC) and denying SC benefits.
