Supreme Court of India

Ramesh Kumar v. High Court of Delhi & Anr.

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Reported as [2010] 2 S.C.R. 256

Bench K.G. Balakrishnan CJI, Deepak Verma and Dr. B.S. Chauhan JJ.

Decided 1 February 2010

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What the Court ordered

In view of the above, as it remains admitted position H 268 SUPREME COURT REPORTS [2010] 2 S.C.R. A that petitioner Ramesh Kumar had secured 46.25% marks in aggregate and as he was required only to have 45% marks for appointment, writ petition No.57 of 2008 stands allowed.

Judgment, page 12

From the headnote

Delhi Higher Judicial Service Rules, 1970 - r. 10 - Fixation of minimum Bench Marks for interview by High Court - Permissibility of - Appointment on the post of District Judges - Three vacancies reserved for Scheduled castes candidates - Three such candidates went through selection process - Two petitioners found unsuitable on failure to o secure required minimum marks in interview - Writ petition seeking directions to High Court to appoint them on the said posts - Held: r. 10 does not provide for any particular procedure/criteria for holding the tests rather it enables High Court to

Authorities it was built on

2008 K. Manjusree v. State of Ap. & Anr. cited by 34
2008 Hemani Malhotra v. High Court of Delhi cited by 23
1987 State of U.P., Etc. v. Rafiquddin & Ors. Etc. cited by 22

Where later benches applied it

2024 Tej Prakash Pathak & Ors. v. Rajasthan High Court & Ors. relied on
2014 Bishnu Biswas & Ors. v. Union of India & Ors. relied on
2013 Mahinder Kumar & Ors. v. High Court of Madhya Pradesh through Registrar General &ors referred to
2024 Abhimeet Sinha & Ors. v. High Court of Judicature at Patna & Ors. distinguished
2011 Barot Vijaykumar Balakrishna & Ors. v. Modh Vinaykumar Dasrathlal & Ors. not applicable

Of those, 2 relied on · 1 distinguished · 1 referred to · 1 not applicable

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