Union Public Service Commission vs Gaurav Singh

Judicial Analysis Court Copy Headnote Facts Arguments Court observation

2022 Supreme(SC) 1926

INDIRA BANERJEE, C. T. RAVIKUMAR
Union Public Service Commission – Appellant
Versus
Gaurav Singh – Respondent

Advocates appeared:
For the Appellant : Mr. Jayant K. Sud, ASG, Mr. Tejas Patel, Adv., Mr. Kush Chaturvedi, Adv., Mr. S.K. Singhania, Adv., Mr. Kamlendra Mishra, Adv., Mr. Arvind Kumar Sharma, Adv., Mr. Naresh Kaushik, Adv., Mr. Vardhman Kaushik , AOR, Mr. Dhruv Joshi, Adv., Mr. Manoj Joshi, Adv., Mr. Anand Singh, Adv., Mr. Prafful Saini, Adv., Mr. Nishant Gautam, Adv., Mr. B. Purushottama Reddy, Adv., Ms. Lalitha Kaushik, Adv., Ms. Alaisha Asher, Adv.
For the Respondent: Mr. T. R. B. Sivakumar, AOR, Mrs. Tanuj Bagga Sharma, AOR

ORDER :

1. Leave granted.

2. This appeal is against a judgment and order dated 12th November 2020 passed by a Division Bench of the High Court of Delhi allowing the Writ Petition being W.P.(C) No.8938 of 2020 filed by the Respondents-Writ Petitioners. The said Writ Petition was filed seeking the following reliefs:

(b) Direct the Respondent authorities to allow the Petitioners to submit their corrected EWS certificates within a span of 6 weeks from the date of their interview.

(c) Issue or pass any writ, direction or order, which this Hon’ble Court may deem fit and proper under the facts and circumstances of the case.”

3. On 8th January 2019, the Constitution (124th) Amendment Bill was introduced in Parliament to provide for reservation for Economically Weaker Sections (EWS).

4. The Constitution (103rd) Amendment Act 2019 was enacted inserting Clause (6) in Article 15 and Clause (6) in Article 16 of the Constitution of India with effect from 14th January 2019.

5. Articles 15(6) and 16(6) inserted in t

Click Here to Read the rest of this document

2022 Supreme(SC) 1926

INDIRA BANERJEE, C. T. RAVIKUMARUnion Public Service Commission – AppellantVersusGaurav Singh – Respondent

INDIRA BANERJEE, C. T. RAVIKUMAR
Union Public Service Commission – Appellant
Versus
Gaurav Singh – Respondent