Supreme Court of India

A. Peeriakaruppan, Etc. v. State of Tamil Nadu & Ors.

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Reported as [1971] 2 S.C.R. 430

Bench J.C. Shah J.

Decided 23 September 1970

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What the Court ordered

For the reasons mentioned above we are of opinion that the selections impugned in these petitions cannot be held to have been made validly inasmuch as the seats were distributed on unitwise basis a,nd further that the interviews were not held in accordance with the rules.

Judgment, page 16

Where later benches applied it

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2023 Tajvir Singh Sodhi & Ors. v. The State of Jammu and Kashmir & Ors. referred to
2021 Dr. Jaishri Laxmanrao Patil v. The Chief Minister & Ors. referred to
2018 Dr. Kriti Lakhina and Others v. State of Karnataka and Others referred to
2022 Janhit Abhiyan v. Union of India mentioned
2008 Ashoka Kumar Thakur v. Union of India & Ors mentioned
2001 A.i.i.m.s Students Union v. A.I.I.M.S. and Ors. mentioned
1996 Radhey Shyam Singh and Ors. v. Union of India and Ors. mentioned
1995 Madan Lal and Ors. v. State of Jammu and Kashmir and Ors. mentioned
1991 St. Stephen's College Etc. Etc. v. University of Delhi Etc. Etc. mentioned
1984 Javed Rasool Bhat & Ors. Etc v. State of Jammu & Kashmir and Ors. mentioned
1980 Ajay Hasia Etc. v. Khalid Mujib Sehravardi & Ors. Etc. mentioned

Of those, 2 relied on · 3 referred to · 8 mentioned

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