NDLI: Sakshi Arha Vs. The Rajasthan High Court and Others

Content Provider	Supreme Court of India
e-ISSN	30484839
Language	English
Access Restriction	NDLI
Subject Keyword	Judicial Service – Rajasthan Judicial Service Rules 2010 – r. 10 – Selection for the post of Civil Judge – Submission of caste certificate – Certificate not accepted – Benefit of Reservation not given
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Law Judgement
Jurisdiction	India
Case(s) Referred	Referred Case 0 Referred Case 1 Referred Case 2 Referred Case 3 Referred Case 4
Case Type	Special Leave Petition
Court	Supreme Court of India
Disposal Nature	Matter Referred to Larger Bench
Headnote	Judicial Service – Rajasthan Judicial Service Rules, 2010 – r.10 – Selection for the post of Civil Judge – Submission of castecertificate – Certificate not accepted – Benefit of Reservation notgiven – An advertisement issued by respondent dated 22.07.2021,selection process held for the post of Civil Judge – Appellants beingmembers of Other backward Classes (Non-creamy layer), MoreBackward Class (NCL) and from the Economically weaker Section(EWS), applied for the post in their respective reserved category –Exam conducted – Appellants scored higher marks in their category,however, their certificate relating to category was somewhere laterto 31.08.2021 i.e last date of application form, the benefit ofreservation not extended to appellant – Writ filed before the HighCourt was dismissed – Held: (Per Ajay Rastogi, J.): In the given factsand circumstances, when the rules are silent and there is no suchinstruction that the certificate of the category has to be produced ofthe period on or before the last date of the application under theadvertisement and each of the applicants has produced the certificaterelating to category on being demanded by the recruiting authoritywhen the list came to be published of the candidates who wereprovisionally called for interview on 04.08.2022, each of theapplicants indisputedly has furnished their certificate of the categoryto which they belong at the t ime of advertisement and hadparticipated in the process of selection – High Court had gone wrongand was influenced with the condition of eligibility to be looked intoon the last date of application – Respondents directed to considercandidature of each of the appellant for appointment withconsequential benefits – Held (Per Bela M. Trivedi, J.) (Dissenting): It is no more res integra that in absence of a fixed date indicatedin the advertisement inviting applications, with reference to whichthe requisite eligibility is to be judged, and when the rules are silent, the only certain date for the scrutiny of the eligibility of a candidatewould be the last date for making the applications – Hence, thisCourt found no error having been committed by the High Courtwhile passing the impugned judgments and orders.
Judge	Hon'ble Mr. Justice Ajay Rastogi
Neutral Citation	2023 INSC 559
Petitioner	Sakshi Arha
Respondent	The Rajasthan High Court And Others
SCR	[2023] 9 S.C.R. 583
Judgement Date	2023-05-18
Case Number	16428

Sl.	Authority	Responsibilities	Communication Details
1	Ministry of Education (GoI), Department of Higher Education	Sanctioning Authority	https://www.education.gov.in/ict-initiatives
2	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	Host Institute of the Project: The host institute of the project is responsible for providing infrastructure support and hosting the project	https://www.iitkgp.ac.in
3	National Digital Library of India Office, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	The administrative and infrastructural headquarters of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in
4	Project PI / Joint PI	Principal Investigator and Joint Principal Investigators of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in Prof. Saswat Chakrabarti will be added soon
5	Website/Portal (Helpdesk)	Queries regarding NDLI and its services	support@ndl.gov.in
6	Contents and Copyright Issues	Queries related to content curation and copyright issues	content@ndl.gov.in
7	National Digital Library of India Club (NDLI Club)	Queries related to NDLI Club formation, support, user awareness program, seminar/symposium, collaboration, social media, promotion, and outreach	clubsupport@ndl.gov.in
8	Digital Preservation Centre (DPC)	Assistance with digitizing and archiving copyright-free printed books	dpc@ndl.gov.in
9	IDR Setup or Support	Queries related to establishment and support of Institutional Digital Repository (IDR) and IDR workshops	idr@ndl.gov.in

Sakshi Arha Vs. The Rajasthan High Court and Others

Please Log-in to view this content

Sivanandan C.t. & Ors. Vs. High Court of Kerala & Ors.

State Bank of India & Ors. Vs. Sheo Shankar Tewari

Delhi Development Authority Vs. Virender Lal Bahri & Ors.

National Insurance Co. Ltd. Vs. Parvathneni & Anr.

Suraz India Trust Vs. Union of India and Anr.

Mrs. Neeraj Dutta Vs. State (govt. of Nct of Delhi)

Dr. Tanvi Behl Vs. Shrey Goel & Ors.

Santhini Vs. Vjjaya Venketesh

National Travel Services Vs. Commissioner of Income Tax, Delhi, Viii

Sakshi Arha Vs. The Rajasthan High Court and Others

Sakshi Arha Vs. The Rajasthan High Court and Others

Please Log-in to view this content

Similar Documents

Sivanandan C.t. & Ors. Vs. High Court of Kerala & Ors.

State Bank of India & Ors. Vs. Sheo Shankar Tewari

Delhi Development Authority Vs. Virender Lal Bahri & Ors.

National Insurance Co. Ltd. Vs. Parvathneni & Anr.

Suraz India Trust Vs. Union of India and Anr.

Mrs. Neeraj Dutta Vs. State (govt. of Nct of Delhi)

Dr. Tanvi Behl Vs. Shrey Goel & Ors.

Santhini Vs. Vjjaya Venketesh

National Travel Services Vs. Commissioner of Income Tax, Delhi, Viii

Sakshi Arha Vs. The Rajasthan High Court and Others