Supreme Court of India

State of West Bengal v. Baishakhi Bhattacharyya (chatterjee) and Others

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Reported as [2025] 4 S.C.R. 2237
Bench Sanjiv Khanna and Sanjay Kumar JJ.
Decided 3 April 2025

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What the Court ordered

We are of the opinion that the principles of natural justice cannot be invoked to validate the fraud that has occurred.

Judgment, page 45

From the headnote

Issue for Consideration The issues before the Hon’ble Supreme Court were: I. Whether the recruitment process conducted by West Bengal School Service Commission in 2016 for appointment of Assistant Teachers (Classes IX–X and XI–XII) and non-teaching staff (Groups and ) stood vitiated by systemic irregularities and fraud. II. Whether the decision of the Hon’ble High Court to annul the entire selection is justifiable or whether only tainted appointments should be invalidated, preserving untainted selections. Headnotes† Constitution of India, Arts.14 & 16 – Recruitment – Cancellation of selection

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