Article 14 of Constitution of India : Supreme Court Explains the Legal Position

 

Article 14 of Constitution of India : Supreme Court Explains the Legal Position

An important Judgment was passed by Hon'ble Supreme Court on 27 January 2012.

On Article 14 of Constitution of India, it has been commented in Arup Das v State of Assam [2012] GCtR 3018 (SC) thus : - 

"It is well-established that an authority cannot make any selection/appointment beyond the number of posts advertised, even if there were a larger number of posts available than those advertised. The principle behind the said decision is that if that was allowed to be done, such action would be entirely arbitrary and violative of Articles 14 and 16 of the Constitution, since other candidates who had chosen not to apply for the vacant posts which were being sought to be filled, could have also applied if they had known that the other vacancies would also be under consideration for being filled up."

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 https://main.sci.gov.in/judgments

Then entering the date of Judgment, for example, as 27 January 2012.

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