NDLI: Sri Srinivas K Gouda Vs. Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences & Ors.

Content Provider	Supreme Court of India
e-ISSN	30484839
Language	English
Access Restriction	NDLI
Subject Keyword	Appointment Writ petition dismissed by Single Judge Service Law
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Law Judgement
Jurisdiction	India
Case(s) Referred	Referred Case 0 Referred Case 1
Case Type	Appeal
Court	Supreme Court of India
Disposal Nature	Appeal Allowed
Headnote	Service Law – Appointment – Appellant appointed as Junior Lab Technician in the first respondent-Institute – Challenged by third respondent – Writ petition dismissed by Single Judge – Appeal allowed by Division Bench – Held: Marks awarded to the third respondent and the appellant bore a nexus to the yardstick determined by the Selection Committee – No mala fides could be imputed to the Selection Committee – Selection list not challenged by respondent – His only ground for challenge was that he had to be selected since he was more meritorious as he had better qualifying marks – Thus, determining the legality of the selection list and perusing the entire selection list to determine whether the appellant’s selection was arbitrary was erroneous – Division Bench transgressed the limits of challenge in the writ petition – Constitution of India – Article 226.
Judge	Hon'ble Dr. Justice D.Y. Chandrachud
Neutral Citation	2021 INSC 639
Petitioner	Sri Srinivas K Gouda
Respondent	Karnataka Institute Of Medical Sciences & Ors.
SCR	[2021] 6 S.C.R. 1144
Judgement Date	2021-10-08
Case Number	6217

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Sri Srinivas K Gouda Vs. Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences & Ors.