{
  "id": 11324317,
  "title": "New service rules cannot disturb settled seniority: SC",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/new-service-rules-cannot-disturb-settled-seniority-sc",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-02T01:02:31.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Times",
    "slug": "daily-times",
    "url": "https://dailytimes.com.pk/1561256/new-service-rules-cannot-disturb-settled-seniority-sc/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The Supreme Court has held that new laws and service rules generally operate prospectively and cannot be applied retrospectively to disturb the settled seniority, eligibility for promotion or accrued rights of employees unless the law expressly provides for retrospective application. A three-member bench comprising Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar, Justice Musarrat Hilali and Justice Irfan Saadat […]",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}