Age Relaxation in DSSSB Recruitment: CAT Flags 9-Year Recruitment Delay; Allows Provisional Participation
“Provisional participation does not grant the applicants any indefeasible right to claim appointment, even if they are deemed meritorious.”
selection process
‘Merit alone counts at Super Speciality level’: Orissa High Court dismisses plea for reservation in Assistant Professor posts
“The post in other disciplines have already been filled up and none of the appointees are party to the writ petition and in absence of them, their selection and appointment cannot be interfered with.”
Selection process, prioritising educational qualification over disability severity, contradicts spirit of Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act: MP High Court
The Court noted that the circular dated 03-07-2018 mandated that preference should be given to persons with higher disabilities unless their condition prevents them from performing the job.
Can’t deny benefit of ‘experience mark’ to former outsourced employee merely because they weren’t appointed on sanctioned post: SC
“The true thrust of every selection process ought to be to find out and select suitable candidates, having experience in the related work and fulfilling other criteria, from among eligible candidates and to go ahead with appointing the more meritorious of those found suitable”.
RG Kar Rape and Murder Case | WB Govt. must explain the legal source of authority for the recruitment of Civic Volunteers in the State: SC
The Court directed West Bengal Govt. to submit an affidavit to disclose the selection process which is followed for the recruitment of the Civic Volunteers and the steps which have been taken to ensure that such Civic Volunteers do not operate in sensitive establishments.
‘Failed to consider difference between Punjab and Punjabi language’: Punjab and Haryana HC set aside syllabus of Paper 1 for Punjabi language in teachers recruitment exam
“Since all the candidates are expected to have passed Punjabi language in the matriculate examination, testing them on the said language in a selection process cannot be said to be changing the rule.”
Delhi HC directs Government of Delhi to complete selection process in Child Welfare Committees and Juvenile Justice Boards by 15-04-2024
“The delay in timely addressal of rehabilitation and repatriation procedures directly impacts the well-being and rights of children, as they remain in vulnerable situations for prolonged periods without adequate support and intervention.”
Calcutta High Court upholds promotion selection process; emphasises on minimum merit benchmarks beyond written test stage
Calcutta High Court held that the appellant at best can make an endeavour before the fact-finding forum because in exercise of writ jurisdiction, the High Court found no tenable and cogent ground on which the impugned judgment can be faulted.
Appointment can’t be denied over Trivial and Bonafide error in DOB; SC directs State to treat Police Constable Applicant as “Passed”
The exception for trivial errors or omissions is based on the reason that ‘law does not concern itself with trifles’, based on the legal maxim- ‘De minimis non curat lex’.
Extremely difficult for examination agencies to identify exact number of students engaged in malpractices; Delhi HC dismisses plea challenging cancellation of exam
“The very integrity of the entire selection process was compromised and DSEU could not determine its extent and hence, had to resort to cancelling the entire examination process, to protect the sanctity of the recruitment process.”
‘Candidates cannot taint Selection Process with mala fides on being unsuccessful’; Supreme Court sets aside J&K HC verdict quashing appointment of 64 Drug Inspectors
The Supreme Court observed that having participated in the selection process without any demur or protest, the writ petitioners cannot challenge the same as being tainted with mala fides, merely because they were unsuccessful.
Selection process, Qualification; Remuneration, Job Description, and more: Your cheat sheet to Revised scheme for engaging Supreme Court Law Clerk
Law Clerk will be paid a consolidated remuneration of Rs. 80,000/- per and Rs. 90,000/- per month if given an extension after twelve months of the initial assignment.
Meghalaya High Court | Selection processes should be transparent and not guided by Nepotism
“…that greater weightage is desirable to be given to the objective part of the assessment since the Indian psyche is such that the subjective part of the assessment, more often than not, is tainted, influenced or guided by nepotism or the usual uncle culture or even more disagreeable extraneous considerations.”
Punjab/Haryana Superior Judicial Services| Can candidates seek disclosure of marks through RTI before viva-voce? SC decides
“The disclosure of the marks in the main examination before it is finalised and the viva-voce is conducted, would be against the principles of transparency, rather it will invite criticism of bias or favouritism.”
Allahabad High Court| Challenging recruitment process and Physical Eligibility Test for being arbitrary on gender basis unacceptable after unsuccessful participation [Excise Constable Exam-2016]
[“In the present recruitment, females have succeeded in huge numbers, and it appears that unsuccessful male candidates are not able to cope up with the fact that females have overnumbered them in merit. It is an example of ‘male chauvinism’ which is unacceptable in twenty first century.”]
Insertion of meritorious OBC candidates into general category list without disturbing the appointment of general category candidates? Supreme Court strikes balance
Supreme Court: In a service matter where upon reshuffling and on insertion of two OBC candidates into general category select list, two
Tri HC | No grievance for non-selection; Court finds criteria fixed by ONGC clear and categorical
Tripura High Court: Indrajit Mahanty, CJ. dismissed a petition which was filed by the petitioner who was appointed as Junior Security Supervisor
SCC Snippets| Using ‘promotion’ and ‘upgradation’ interchangeably? You won’t after reading this SC verdict
In 2011, the bench of RV Raveendran and Markandey Katju, JJ laid down principles relating to promotion and upgradation.
Utt HC | Can admission be denied if the selection process does not specify cut off marks? Court answers in AIIMS, Rishikesh PG Diploma Course
Uttaranchal High Court: Manoj Kumar Tiwari, J., decided a petition which was filed by the petitioner challenging the order dated 17-04-2021 passed
UP Police Constables appointments| Shifting of candidates selected against posts meant for reserved categories, to open category as per Court directions hence valid: Supreme Court
“With the availability of 3295 additional posts, in the re-working exercise, if the candidates who were already selected against reserved posts were entitled to be considered against open category posts, that exercise cannot be termed as illegal or invalid on any count.”