Supreme Court of India

University Grants Commission & Anr. v. Neha Anil Bobde (gadekar)

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Reported as [2013] 9 S.C.R. 521
Bench K.S. Radhakrishnan and A.K. Sikri JJ.
Decided 19 September 2013

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Judgment, page 25

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University Grants Commission Act, 1956: ss.12 and 26 - National Eligibility Test 2012 conducted c by UGC - Challenges on the ground that changes of qualifying criteria reflected in final declaration of final results was arbitrary, illegal, without authority and violative of Arl. 14 of the Constitution - Held: All the steps taken by UGC were strictly in accordance with clause 7 of the Notification for NET 0 Examination, 2012 - Prescribing the qualifying criteria as per clause 7 does not amount to a change in the rule as it was already pre-meditated in the notification - It cannot be said that

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