Supreme Court · 1993 INSC 107 · Decided 19 March 1993
Jai Shankar Prasad v. State of Bihar and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1993 INSC 107 · [1993] 2 S.C.R. 517
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1359/1993
- Decided
- 19 March 1993
- Bench
- P.B. SAWANT, N. VENKATACHALA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 316(1), 317(3), 316
Headnote
Constitution of India: Articles 316(1) & 317(3) (c}-Bihar State Public ' Service Commission composed of eleven members-Appointment of seventh non-service member-W/1ether violative of proviso to Article 316(1)-Blind acknowledged scholar of English appointed as member of Public Service "Expression as nearly as may be one half.~eaning A B c in the context of Art. 316(1), Constitution of India. D The proviso to clause (1) of Article 316 of the Constitution .requires that 'as nearly as may be', one-half of the members of the Public Service Commission shall be from
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