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Asst. Engineer Mains Paper Leak | SC clears Arunachal Pradesh PSC Member of all 6 charges levelled in Presidential Reference seeking her removal

A Presidential Reference under Article 317 of the Constitution was made before the Supreme Court levelling 6 charges against the accused Arunachal Pradesh Public Service Commission Member and sought her removal from service.

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A Critique of the Amal Satpathi Judgment: Supreme, but not Infallible

by Shubham Priyadarshi*

Case Briefs High Courts

‘Power to revise penalty after consultation with PSC is on Governor’s discretion’; Sikkim HC upholds order modifying penalty of dismissal from service to compulsory retirement

The Governor’s failure to consult the Commission as envisaged in Rule 10 of Sikkim Government Servants’ (Discipline and Appeal) Rules, 1985, while passing the order modifying the penalty, alone would not change the nature of the case.

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Calcutta High Court directs West Bengal to fill Public Service Commission vacancies

Calcutta High Court emphasised on the importance of adhering to the standards set by the Supreme Court in selecting competent individuals for the Public Service Commission positions.

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Reserved category candidates can compete in unreserved category for PSC’s recruitment process based on merit, even after availing age and fee relaxation: Calcutta High Court

The instant matter involved a dispute over the preparation of a merit list for government posts in West Bengal, with a focus on the treatment of candidates from reserved categories who had availed age and fee relaxations.

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Allahabad High Court cancels entire selection process for the post of Principal of State Homeopathy Medical College

Allahabad High Court said that the State authorities sat over the matter in a highly arbitrary and illegal manner. The Commission has also, in a highly arbitrary and illegal manner, proceeded with the selection without even verifying the qualifications of the participants. This has vitiated the entire selection process.

Experts Corner Siddharth R Gupta

50 Landmark Judgments on Education Law by the Supreme Court and High Courts in 2022 [Part I]

by Siddharth R. Gupta† and Pushp Sharma††
Cite as: 2023 SCC OnLine Blog Exp 9

Case Briefs High Courts

Utt HC | Public Service Commission directed to declare result of candidate who submitted late fees

Uttaranchal High Court: The Division Bench of Sanjaya Kumar Mishra, CJ. and Ramesh Chandra Khulbe, J. allowed a petition which was filed

Case Briefs Supreme Court

SC allows RPSC to go ahead with RAS Mains Exam; Candidates challenging Pre exam result allowed to sit in Mains. Here’s how their result to be declared

Supreme Court: In a breather to the candidates challenging the RAS Pre-examination result, the bench of KM Joseph and Hrishikesh Roy, JJ

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Raj HC | It would be open for RPSC to conduct written main examination on the rescheduled date, Single Judge bench order stayed

Rajasthan High Court: A Division Bench of Akil Kureshi CJ and Sudesh Bansal J. stayed the impugned judgment and left it open

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Pat HC | No arbitrariness by Public Service Commission where marks deducted for candidate’s failure to abide by its instructions

Patna High Court: The Division Bench of Amreshwar Pratap Sahi, CJ and Anjana Mishra, J. rejected an appeal filed by a candidate

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Appointment to gazetted posts: whole and sole domain of respective public service commissions

Jammu and Kashmir High Court: A Single Judge Bench of Sanjeev Kumar, J., allowed a writ petition filed against the order of

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Member of Public Service Commission is constitutional functionary, cannot be suspended by Governor under Article 317 at his pleasure

Karnataka High Court: In the instant case wherein the issue arose regarding the power of the Governor to suspend a member of