‘Can’t Add Words to Statute’: Supreme Court Sets Aside Promotion Order for CSIR Scientist
Ashish Tripathi | 10 July 2026 | Deccan Herald
The Supreme Court on Friday ruled that courts cannot read into a statute words that are not present in its provisions, while setting aside orders passed by the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) and the Karnataka High Court directing the promotion of a scientist at the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR).
A bench of Justices Manoj Misra and Manmohan allowed an appeal filed by the Director General of CSIR and others, emphasising that the assessment committee of domain experts must be given requisite discretion while evaluating the performance of scientists based on their work report…