Supreme Court of India

Sajeesh Babu K. v. N.K. Santhosh & Ors.

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Reported as [2012] 9 S.C.R. 849
Bench P. Sathasivam and Ranjan Gogoi JJ.
Decided 19 October 2012

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What the Court ordered

We hold that the High Court ought not to have sat as an appellate Court on the recommendations made by the Expert Committee.

Judgment, page 13

From the headnote

Constitution of India, 1950 - Article 226 - Writ-Petition - Challenging selection for LPG distributorship and the genuineness of the experience certificates produced by the selected candidate - Selection done by qualified persons - Genuineness of the certificates also verified by the selector - Single Judge of High Court quashing the distributorship doubting the correctness of the certificates - Division Bench of High Court affirming the order- On appeal, held: In a matter of selection by Expert Committee consisting of qualified persons in a particular field, normally, the courts should be

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