Supreme Court of India
Dev Gupta v. Pec University of Technology and Ors.
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What the Court ordered
For the above reasons, it is held that exclusion of the petitioner and other like candidates, on the ground of their securing less than 75% in the qualifying examination, was unwarranted and discriminator y.
Judgment, page 14
From the headnote
Issue for consideration : Order of the High Court rejecting the appellant’s Writ Petition which had questioned the imposi tion of a minimum 75% aggregate marks as an eligibility condition (in the qualifying examination) for enabling a candidate to claim admission in engineer ing courses under the 2% sports quota. Education Institution – Sports quota – Imposition of a minimum 75% aggregate marks as an eligibility condition (in the qual ifying examination) for enabling a candidate to claim admission in engineering courses under the 2% sports quota – Discriminatory or not: HELD : The objective
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- 1973 State of Jammu & Kashmir v. Triloki Nath Khosa & Ors.
- 1988 Roop Chand Adlakha and Ors. v. Delhi Development Authority and Ors.
- 1993 Venkateshwara Theatre v. State of Andhra Pradesh and Ors.
- 2014 Dr. Subramanian Swamy & Ors. v. Raju Thr. Member Juvenile Justice Board & Anr.
- 1989 Deepak Sibal & Ors v. Punjab University and Another
- 2021 Manish Kumar v. Union of India and Another
- 2002 Ashutosh Gupta v. State of Rajasthan and Ors.
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