Supreme Court of India

A. Periakaruppan Chettiar v. State of Tamil Nadu &. Ors.

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Reported as [1971] 3 S.C.R. 449
Bench J. C. Shah, K. S. Hegde and A. N. Grover JJ.
Decided 15 January 1971

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What the Court ordered

We hold that the selections made are vitiated and as such t!hey cannot. be sustained.

Judgment, page 7

From the headnote

Admission to Medical Colleges-Allegation of malafides against Selection Committee-Proof of -Interview marks-Government specifies heads of distribution of marks but no marks allotted to each head­ Presumption that marks should be distributed equally-Violation of pre­ sumption by Selection Committee-Effect on selections made. The petitioner, who was an unsuccessful applicant for a seat in one of the medical colleges in the respondent-State challenged the selections made by a writ petition in this Court. This Court came to the conclusion that the selections made were invalid, but did not strike

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