Supreme Court of India
Vikas Sankhala & Ors. Etc. v. Vikas Kumar Agarwal & Ors. Etc.
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What the Court ordered
In view of the aforesaid facts, we are of the considered opinion that the submissions of the appellants that relaxation in fee or age would deprive the candidates belonging to the reserved category of an opportunity to compete against the general category candidates is without any foundation.
Judgment, page 48
From the headnote
Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 - s. 23: Qualifications for appointment of teachers - Passing of Teacher Eligibility Test-TET- Minimum pass percentage of TET Relaxation in passing marks in TET - Interference with - Held: Specific authorization is given to School Management (Government, local bodies, Government aided and unaided) to grant special concession to different kinds of reserved categories mentioned therein, which has to be in accordance with their extant reservation policy - Giving concession to certain reserved category candidates insofar as passing
Authorities it was built on
- 2006 M. Nagaraj and Ors. v. Union of India and Ors
- 2008 K. Manjusree v. State of Ap. & Anr.
- 1993 Unni Krishnan, J.P. and Ors. Etc. Irrc v. State of Andhra Pradesh and Ors. Etc. Etc.
- 1981 State of M.P. and Anr. v. Kumari Nivedita Jain and Ors.
- 2010 Vijendra Kumar Verma v. Public Service Commission, Uttarakhand and Ors.
Where later benches applied it
- 2019 Pradeep Singh Dehal v. State of Himachal Pradesh & Ors.
- 2025 Union of India & Ors. v. Sajib Roy
- 2025 Parimal Kumar & Ors. v. The State of Jharkhand & Ors.
- 2022 Janhit Abhiyan v. Union of India
- 2026 Union of India v. G. Kiran
- 2019 Govt. of Nct Delhi & Ors. v. Pradeep Kumar & Ors.
- 2019 Niravkumar Dilipbhai Makwana v. Gujarat Public Service Commission & Ors.
- 2017 Gaurav Pradhan & Ors. v. State of Rajasthan & Ors.
Of those, 1 relied on · 3 distinguished · 2 referred to · 1 mentioned · 1 not applicable
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