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Tej Prakash Pathak & Ors. v. Rajasthan High Court & Ors.

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Reported as [2024] 12 S.C.R. 28
Bench Dr Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud, Hrishikesh Roy, Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha, Pankaj Mithal and Manoj Misra JJ.
Decided 7 November 2024

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What the Court ordered

For the foregoing reasons, in our view, K. Manjusree (supra) could not have been doubted for having failed to consider Subash Chander Marwaha (supra).

Judgment, page 29

From the headnote

Issue for Consideration (a) When the recruitment process commences and comes to an end; (b) Basis of the doctrine that ‘rules of the game’ must not be changed during the course of the game, or after the game is played; (c) Whether the decision in K. Manjusree is at variance with earlier precedents on the subject; (d) Whether recruiting bodies can devise an appropriate procedure for concluding recruiting process; (e) Whether the procedure prescribed in the Extant Rule can be violated; (f) Whether appointment could be denied even after placement in select list. Headnotes† Service Law –

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Of those, 5 followed · 1 referred to

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