Supreme Court of India

Nirbhay Kumar & Ors. v. State of Bihar & Ors.

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Reported as [2020] 5 S.C.R. 656
Bench Ashok Bhushan, M. R. Shah and V. Ramasubramanian JJ.
Decided 11 June 2020

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What the Court ordered

In view of the foregoing discussion, we are of the view that the petitioners are not entitled for the reliefs as claimed in the writ petitions.

Judgment, page 13

From the headnote

Service Law – Appointment – Advertisement issued in 2004 for appointment to 1510 posts of Sub-Inspector in the State o f Bihar – Several rounds of litigation – Result of select l ist of 1510+639 (vacancies added later) i.e. 2149 was declared and the appoint ments were made – High Court in a writ petition issued further direction to appoint 67 candidates belonging to most backward category who were wrongly left out – State appointed those 67 and to retain t hose who were to be displaced decided to appoint 186 more candid ates – Appointment of 186 candidates challenged in High Court – Matter

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