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VIPIN SANGHI, RAKESH THAPLIYAL
Tarun Sahni – Appellant
Versus
Uttarakhand Public Service Commission – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
1. This bunch of four writ petitions pertains to the Uttarakhand Judicial Service Civil Judge Preliminary Examination 2023. The said preliminary examination was conducted by the Uttarakhand Public Service Examination, which is a body constituted under Article 315 of the Constitution of India and as such, is a constitutional body. Since almost identical issues have been raised in all these petitions in relation to questions formulated by the Commission with the aid of their subject experts, all the writ petition were heard together, and disposed of by this common judgment.
2. For the purpose of recruitment to the post of Civil Judge, an Advertisement bearing no. 10/DR/E-2/Civil Judge/2022–23 was published by the Commission called as Uttarakhand Judicial Service Civil Judge Examination 2023. The examination is designed to be conducted in two steps. First step is a preliminary examination, which is based upon objective type of questions and the second step comprises of a main examination. Those, who qualify in the preliminary examination, are permitted to appear in the ma
Judicial review of answer keys in public examinations is limited; courts should defer to expert opinions unless errors are demonstrably clear.
Judicial review of examination answer keys is limited; courts should not interfere unless errors are clear and demonstrable.
Courts should defer to the opinion of subject experts in public examinations and should not interfere with the examination process unless there is a glaring mistake that is totally apparent without a....
The court established that an expert committee's evaluation of answer keys in recruitment processes is presumptively correct, allowing judicial restraint unless glaring errors are evident.
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