Content Provider | Supreme Court of India |
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e-ISSN | 30484839 |
Language | English |
Access Restriction | NDLI |
Subject Keyword | Constitution of India – Art. 32 |
Content Type | Text |
Resource Type | Law Judgement |
Jurisdiction | India |
Case(s) Referred | Referred Case 0 |
Case Type | Writ Petition |
Court | Supreme Court of India |
Disposal Nature | Petition Dismissed |
Headnote | Constitution of India – Art. 32 – Writ petition under, by last attemptee of the UPSE exam – Mandamus sought to 1st respondent- Union of India to extend one additional attempt as they are being barred from attempting the examination in future on account of exhausting of available attempts or on account of age bar subsequent to Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination, 2020; and that due to Covid 19 pandemic, they could not effectively participate in Examination 2020 – Held: Such direction cannot be issued – Policy decisions are open for judicial review by this Court if it is either absolutely capricious, totally arbitrary or not informed of reasons – Judicial review of a policy decision and to issue mandamus to frame policy in a particular manner are absolutely different – Executive can take a policy decision based on the prevailing circumstances for better administration and in meeting out the exigencies but at the same time, it is not within the domain of the Courts to legislate – Court is called upon to consider the validity of a policy decision only when a challenge is made that such policy decision infringes fundamental rights guaranteed by the Constitution or any other statutory right – Merely because as a matter of policy, if the 1st respondent had granted relaxation in the past for the reason that there was a change in the examination pattern/syllabus and in the given situation, had considered to be an impediment for the participant in the CSE, no assistance can be claimed by the petitioners in seeking mandamus to the 1st respondent as a matter of right – Policy decisions which had been taken by the executive on earlier occasions always depend on the facts and circumstances at the given point of time – Administrative law – Policy decisions – Judicial Review. |
Judge | Hon'ble Mr. Justice Ajay Rastogi |
Neutral Citation | 2021 INSC 116 |
Petitioner | Rachna & Ors. |
Respondent | Union Of India & Anr. |
SCR | [2021] 2 S.C.R. 201 |
Judgement Date | 2021-02-24 |
Case Number | 1410 |
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