Supreme Court of India

Rachna & Ors. v. Union of India & Anr.

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Reported as [2021] 2 S.C.R. 201
Bench A.M. Khanwilkar, Indu Malhotra and Ajay Rastogi JJ.
Decided 24 February 2021

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Constitution of India – Art. 32 – Writ petition under, by last attemptee of the UPSE exam – Mandamus sought to 1st resp ondent- Union of India to extend one additional attempt as they are being barred from attempting the examination in future on account of exhausting of available attempts or on account of age bar subs equent to Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination, 2020; and that due to Covid 19 pandemic, they could not effectively parti cipate in Examination 2020 – Held: Such direction cannot be issued – Policy decisions are open for judicial review by this Court if it is either

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