Supreme Court of India
Divya v. Union of India & Ors.
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What the Court ordered
We hold that the CSE-2022 Rules have the force of an enforceable law.
Judgment, page 38
From the headnote
Issue for consideration: What is the eligibility criterion for a candidate to stake a valid claim under the Economically Weaker Section (EWS) Category as per the Civil Services Examination Rules, 2022 r/w OM dtd.19.01.2019 and 31.01.2019; was the UPSC justifi ed in prescribing the cut-off date for possession and for uploading of the I&AC certifi cates in the prescribed format to stake a valid claim under the EWS category; are the CSE-Rules 2022 enforceable in law; are rr. 13, 27(3) and 28 of the CSE-Rules 2022 constitutionally valid; was the UPSC justifi ed in rejecting the claim of the
Authorities it was built on
- 1997 Ashok Kumar Sharma and Ors. v. Chander Shekhar and Anr.
- 2007 Ashok Kumar Sonkar v. Union of India and Ors.
- 1991 Mohan Kumar Singhania and Ors. Etc. Etc v. Union of India and Ors. Etc. Etc
- 2004 Dolly Chhanda v. Chairman, Jee and Ors.
- 1980 Charles K. Skaria v. Dr. C. Mathew
- 2008 T. Jayakumar v. A. Gopu & Anr.
- 1990 A.P. Public Service Commission, Hyderabad & Anr. v. B. Sarat Chandra & Ors.
Where later benches applied it
- 2025 Sakshi Arha v. The Rajasthan High Court & Ors.
- 2024 Vashist Narayan Kumar v. State of Bihar & Ors.
Of those, 1 referred to · 1 mentioned
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