Supreme Court of India

Union of India and Others v. Miss Pritilata Nanda

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Reported as [2010] 8 S.C.R. 733
Bench G.S. Singhvi and Asok Kumar Ganguly JJ.
Decided 16 July 2010

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What the Court ordered

We hold that the concerned authorities of the H South Eastern Railway committed grave illegality by denying UNION OF INDIA AND ORS. v.

Judgment, page 14

From the headnote

SERVICE LAW Employment Exchanges (Compulsory Notification of c Vacancies) Act, 1959: s. 4 - Appointment - Vacancies to be notified to Employment Exchanges - handicapped candidate registered in Employment Exchange, though selected, yet denied appointment stating that she did not get her name sponsored by the Employment Exchange - HELD: The condition embodied in the advertisement that the candidate should get his/her name sponsored by the employment exchange cannot be equated with a mandatory provision incorporated in a statute, the violation of which may visit the person concerned with penal

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