Supreme Court of India
Mohinder Sain Garg Etc. Etc. v. State of Punjab and Ors.
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What the Court ordered
We hold that 25 per cent marks for viva voce test were excessively E high.
Judgment, page 27
From the headnote
Civil Service: c Excise and Taxation Inspectors-Appointment of-Examina tion-Viva voce-Value and importance of-Fixing 25% of total marks-Whether arbitrary and excessive-Calling for a large number of candidates-Whether vitiates selection-Quashing of selection Desirabi/ity of. For filling up 47 posts of Excise and Taxation Inspectors in Punjab, the Chairman, Selection Committee issued an advertisement in newspaper. The advertisement stated that there would be three written papers in English, Punjabi and General i-.nowledge of Degree Stan dard and would carry 100 marks each. Those who obtain
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- 2014 Bishnu Biswas & Ors. v. Union of India & Ors.
- 2011 The Director General, Indian Council for Agricultural Research & Others v. D. Sundara Raju
- 2023 Tajvir Singh Sodhi & Ors. v. The State of Jammu and Kashmir & Ors.
- 2015 Hc Pradeep Kumar Rai and Ors. v. Dinesh Kumar Pandey and Ors. Etc.
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