Supreme Court of India

Chairman, All India Railway Rect. Board & Anr. v. K. Shyam Kumar.& Ors.

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Reported as [2010] 6 S.C.R. 291

Bench Aftab Alam and K.S. Radhakrishnan JJ.

Decided 6 May 2010

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that the finding recorded by the High Court that non supply of the G copy of the Vigilance report to the candidates was a legal infirmity, cannot be sustained.

Judgment, page 28

From the headnote

Service Law·- Recruftmen_t drive -: Malpractice in the written examination came to notice after preparation of select . list - Vigilance report revealed leakage of question papers, ' · mass copying and impersonation of candidates - Matter a/so referred to CBI - Aµthorities directing re-test, of candidates ' who had obtained minim[Jjn qualifying marks in the written test f' :.,....- '. • " '. - Central Administrative Tribunal upheld the order for re-test - In writ petition, High Court applying principle of wednesbury, · setting aside the order of re-test and directing appointment of all the

Authorities it was built on

2002 B. Ramanjini and Ors. v. State of Andhra Pradesh and Anr. cited by 4

Where later benches applied it

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2025 Dr. Sunil Kumar Singh v. Bihar Legislative Council (through Secretary) and Ors. relied on
2021 Sachin Kumar & Ors. v. Delhi Subordinate Service Selection Board (dsssb) & Ors. relied on
2020 Internet and Mobile Association of India v. Reserve Bank of India relied on
2025 Assistant General Manager State Bank of India & Anr. v. Tanya Energy Enterprises through its Managing Partner Shri Alluri Lakshmi Narasimha Varma referred to
2024 Arvind Kejriwal v. Directorate of Enforcement referred to
2023 Joseph v. The State of Kerala & Ors. referred to
2021 Rajeev Suri v. Delhi Development Authority & Ors referred to
2018 Justice K. S. Puttaswamy (retd.) v. Union of India & Ors. referred to
2017 Gohil Vishvaraj Hanubhai & Others v. State of Gujarat & Others referred to
2013 C.B.I. v. Ashok Kumar Aggarwal referred to
2012 State of Punjab v. Gian Chand & Ors. referred to
2011 Chief General Manager, Calcutta Telephones District, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited and Ors. v. Surendra Nath Pandey and Ors. referred to
2019 Hari Sankaran v. Union of India & Others not applicable

Of those, 4 relied on · 9 referred to · 1 not applicable

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