In a pivotal judgment, the Supreme Court of India, led by a bench comprising Justice J.K. Maheshwari and Justice Rajesh Bindal, ruled that retiral liabilities in Grant-in-Aid institutions cannot be arbitrarily shifted onto the institution when the governing scheme clearly places the responsibility on the state. The decision came in the case of Nutan Bharti
State Cannot Shift Retiral Liability Arbitrarily: Supreme Court Clarifies Obligations Under Grant-in-Aid Scheme
