Supreme Court of India

Devender Bhaskar & Ors. v. State of Haryana & Ors.

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Reported as [2021] 7 S.C.R. 506
Bench S. Abdul Nazeer and Krishna Murari JJ.
Decided 24 November 2021

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that the High Court was not justified in equa lizing them.

Judgment, page 12

From the headnote

Judicial Review – Equivalence of qualification – Determination of – Held: Equivalence of qualification is a matter for the State, as recruiting authority to determine – Judic ial review can neither expand the ambit of the prescribed qualif ications nor decide the ambit of the prescribed qualifications w ith any other given qualification – On facts, the High Court erred in holding that the diploma/degree in Art and Craft given by the Ku rukshetra University is equivalent to two-year Diploma in Art and Craft examination conducted by the Haryana Industrial Tra ining Department – Diploma through

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 1 mentioned

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