Supreme Court of India

Sujasha Mukherji v. The Honble High Court of Calcutta, Thr. Registrar & Ors.

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Reported as [2015] 2 S.C.R. 480
Bench Vikramajit Sen J.
Decided 19 February 2015

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We hold that a deduction of 10 marks being the appropriate mean arrived at be deducted from the initial marks of 55 obtained by the Appellant in Paper II. Despite this deduction F the Appellant will remain at second position in the merit list.

Judgment, page 17

From the headnote

Service Law - Judicial Service - Selection - To the post of District Judge - One of the candidates (appellant) obtained highest marks in 0 written test comprising of 5 papers - But on moderation of her marks in one of the papers from 55% to 37%, she was disqualified from further consideration i.e. appearing in interview/ viva voce on the ground that she did not obtain minimum marks of 40% in each paper - Held: The fundamental predications have not been followed for moderation - Instead of moderation, in fact a re-assessment of the answer-scripts of the appellant was done - Most of the

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