Supreme Court of India
The State of Rajasthan v. Nemi Chand Mahela and Others
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We hold that the candidates who had not filed writ petitions on or before November 17, 1999 would not be entitled to appointment upon recalculation of marks by exclusion of bonus marks from the marks of the selected candidates.
Judgment, page 12
From the headnote
Precedents – Law of precedents – “Scarecrow” of a litigation – Conflicting decisions that fail to respect and follow the precedent set by Supreme Court cause uncertainty and chaos – On facts, conflicting opinions in different decisions of High Court of Rajasthan contrary to the true and correct interpretation of the principle of prospective overruling given in decisions of the Supreme Court in Kailash Chand Sharma v. State of Rajasthan and thereafter in Manmohan Sharma v. State of Rajasthan and Others case has caused this annoying and festering litigation to prolong since 1999, that in course…
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