Supreme Court of India
Mohd. Sohrab Khan v. Aligarh Muslim University & Ors.
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What the Court ordered
We hold that the High Court was justified in rejecting the candidature of Merajuddin Ahmad as against the said post which was advertised for pure Chemistry stream.
Judgment, page 13
From the headnote
Service Law - Appointment - On the post of Lecturer - 1 Candidate having qualification at variance with the main subject, appointed - Held: Such person not qualified to be c appointed for the post - The qualification held by candidate was not specified in the advertisement - The Selection Committee could not have changed the essential qualification laid down in the advertisement in the mid-way - In the matter . of selection, though opinion of Selection Committee is final, "( but it cannot act arbitrarily and change the criteria/qualification in the midstream - Both the degrees (required in
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- 2019 Zonal Manager, Bank of India, Zonal Office, Kochi & Ors. v. Aarya K. Babu & Anr.
- 2024 Tej Prakash Pathak & Ors. v. Rajasthan High Court & Ors.
- 2024 Anil Kishore Pandit v. The State of Bihar and Others
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