Supreme Court of India

Sheikh Javeed Ahmad & Anr. v. State of J&k & Ors.

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Reported as [2025] 3 S.C.R. 1503
Bench Vikram Nath, Sanjay Karol and Sandeep Mehta JJ.
Decided 27 March 2025

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What the Court ordered

For the aforesaid reasons, we are of the view that the High Court erred in setting aside the appointment of the appellants.

Judgment, page 15

From the headnote

Issue for Consideration Whether the High Court erred in setting aside the appointments of the appellants as Assistant Professors as being incompatible with the rules and regulations. Headnotes† Service Law – High Court canceled the appointment of the appellants as Assistant Professors in the Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (PMR), Sher-I-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Soura, Srinagar (SKIMS) holding that they did not have the prescribed qualification of diploma course in PMR – It was held that they did not make any effort for admission into the institutions that ran

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