Supreme Court of India

Pradeep Singh Dehal v. State of Himachal Pradesh & Ors.

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Bench L. Nageswara Rao and Hemant Gupta JJ.
Decided 17 September 2019

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We are of the view that, in academic matters, unless there is a clear violation of statutory provisions, the regulations or the notification issued, the courts shall keep their hands off since those issues fall within the domain of the experts.

Judgment, page 5

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Service Law: Appointment/Selection – To the post of Asstt. Professor – In one advertisement (Adv. No. 3 of 2010) selection process not completed – Subsequent advertisement (Adv. No.3 of 2011) requiring that the candidates who had applied pursuant to previous advertisement need not apply afresh – Appellant (OBC candidate) and respondent (General Category candidate) did not apply afresh in response to subsequent advertisement – Appointment of appellant – Challenged by respondent contending that he was not given any credit for the “publications” in the subsequent selection process, whereas…

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