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VIBHU BAKHRU, AMIT MAHAJAN
Anil Kumar – Appellant
Versus
High Court of Delhi – Respondent
JUDGMENT
Vibhu Bakhru, J.
1. The petitioner has filed the present petition, inter alia, praying that the respondent be directed to re-evaluate the petitioner's answer sheet of Paper-I in General Knowledge and Language of the Delhi Higher Judicial Service (Mains) Examination, 2022.
2. The Establishment of this Court had issued an advertisement on 23.02.2022 inviting online applications for the Delhi Higher Judicial Services Examination-2022, for filling up forty-five vacancies/anticipated vacancies (including thirty-two vacancies in the General category) in the Delhi Higher Judicial Services Examination-2022.
3. The Delhi Higher Judicial Services Examination-2022 examination consisted of three successive stages. The first being an objective examination (preliminary). Those qualifying the preliminary examination would be admitted to the Delhi Higher Judicial Services (Mains) Examination 2022, and those who qualified the said examination would be eligible to appear for an interview and viva-voce.
4. The petitioner had qualified the preliminary examination but was unsuccessful in clearing the Delhi Higher Judicial Services (Mains) Examination 2022, which required the petitioner to
The court emphasized the prohibition of re-evaluation of answer sheets as per the Delhi Higher Judicial Service Rules, 1970, and highlighted the lack of material error warranting re-evaluation. The d....
The judgment reaffirms the principle that if a statute, rule, or regulation governing an examination does not permit re-evaluation or scrutiny of an answer sheet, the court may not permit re-evaluati....
Absolute prohibition against re-evaluation in the rules prevails, and candidates cannot seek re-evaluation contrary to the rules after participating in the selection process.
The absence of a provision for re-evaluation in the Rules cannot be challenged unless there are grounds to show that the policy itself is in violation of some statutory provision. Re-evaluation of ex....
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