Confinement of relief to existing litigants to curtail future litigation

The relief granted by the Supreme Court was explicitly restricted to the peculiar facts of the case, binding the State only as regards the specific respondents, intervenors, and impleaders who approached the judicial forums on or before the date of the judgment. The Court firmly barred any future avenues or fresh claims from other candidates, ensuring that the protracted chapter of recruitment litigation stemming from the 2012 advertisement is conclusively closed. (The State of Rajasthan & Ors. v. Namonarayan Sharma & Ors. | 2026 INSC 179)