Supreme Court of India

State of Assam & Ors. v. Arabinda Rabha & Ors.

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Reported as [2025] 3 S.C.R. 598
Bench Dipankar Datta and Manmohan JJ.
Decided 6 March 2025

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Issue for Consideration Whether the High Court was justified in its interference with the decision made by the Government to cancel the select list; Whether the decision of the appellants to cancel the select list was either vulnerable on application of the doctrine of Wednesbury unreasonableness or suspect applying the doctrine of proportionality and, therefore, liable to invalidation; Whether the decision of the appellants to cancel the select list infringed the legal rights of the respondents for which a writ petition u/Art.226 of the Constitution could be maintained. Headnotes† Service

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