Supreme Court of India
Pranav Verma & Others v. The Registrar General of the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh & Anr.
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What the Court ordered
We are of the considered opinion that such a practice may not insulate the desired transparency, rather will invite criticism of likelihood of bias or favourtism.
Judgment, page 24
From the headnote
Service Law: Selection – Interference with selection process — Main (Written) Examination of Civil Judge wherein total 1195 candidates appeared and only 9 cleared the exam – Unsuccessful candidates challenging the entire selection process and evaluation method adopted therein and sought quashing of the result and re- evaluation by independent expert Committee – Held: No discriminatory or malafide practice was undertaken while conducting the exam or its following processes – Officials of the High Court ensured adequate security measures – Procedure of evaluation was ‘uniform’ – Every…
Authorities it was built on
- 1988 Punjab Higher Qualified Teachers Union (non-petitioners) & Ors. v. State of Punjab & Ors.
- 1985 Ashok Kumar Yadav and Ors. Etc. Etc. v. State of Haryana and Ors. Etc. Etc.
- 2007 Sanja Y Singh & Anr. v. U.P. Public Service Commission Allahabad and Anr.
- 1981 Lila Dhar v. State of Rajasthan & Ors.
- 2004 Pramod Kumar Srivastava v. Chairman, Bihar Public Service Commission, Patna and Ors.
- 2010 H.P. Public Service Commission v. Mukesh Thakur & Anr.
- 2018 Taniya Malik v. The Registrar General of the High Court of Delhi
- 2015 Sujasha Mukherji v. The Honble High Court of Calcutta, Thr. Registrar & Ors.
Where later benches applied it
- 2024 Sonal Gupta & Ors. v. Registrar General, Rajasthan High Court Jodhpur & Anr.
- 2024 Abhimeet Sinha & Ors. v. High Court of Judicature at Patna & Ors.
- 2020 Bihar Staff Selection Commission & Ors. v. Arun Kumar & Ors.
Of those, 1 relied on · 1 referred to · 1 mentioned
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