Supreme Court of India

Kusum Lata v. State of Haryana and Ors.

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Reported as [2002] SUPP. 1 S.C.R. 359
Bench Y.K. Sabharwal and H.K. Sema JJ.
Decided 31 July 2002

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What the Court ordered

For the aforesaid reasons, we set aside the impugned judgment of the C High Court and hold that the appellants satisfy the prescribed condition of securing 50% aggregate marks and were thus eligible.

Judgment, page 7

From the headnote

Education/Educational Institutions: Admission-Eligibility clause stipulating that a candidate should have passed the qualifYing examination with certain minimum aggregate marks-' . c Candidate obtained requisite marks in five subjects-Admission denied on the ground that requisite marks not obtained taking into account the additional subject-Held, the only reasonable interpretation having regard to the spirit of the clause providing for eligibility conditions as implicit is aggregate marks secured in those subjects which are necessary to pass the said examination and not the marks secured in

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