Supreme Court of India

Sri Srinivas K Gouda v. Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences & Ors.

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Reported as [2021] 6 S.C.R. 1144
Bench Dr. Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud and B. V. Nagarathna JJ.
Decided 8 October 2021

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What the Court ordered

For the above reasons, we allow the appeal and set aside the impugned judgment and order of the High Court of Karnataka dated 31 March 2017.

Judgment, page 14

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Service Law – Appointment – Appellant appointed as Junior Lab Technician in the first respondent-Institute – Challenged by third respondent – Writ petition dismissed by Single Judge – Appeal allowed by Division Bench – Held: Marks awarded to the third respondent and the appellant bore a nexus to the yardstick determined by the Selection Committee – No mala fides could be imputed to the Selection Committee – Selection list not challenged by res pondent – His only ground for challenge was that he had to be selected sin ce he was more meritorious as he had better qualifying mark s – Thus,

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