Supreme Court · 1968 INSC 9 · Decided 17 January 1968
Minor P. Rajendran v. State of Madras & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1968 INSC 9 · [1968] 2 S.C.R. 786
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 194/1967
- Decided
- 17 January 1968
- Bench
- K.N. WANCHOO, R.S. BACHAWAT, J.M. SHELAT, G.K. MITTER, C.A. VAIDYIALINGAM (5-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 32
Headnote
Constitutio11 of lruii.1, Aris. 14, 15-State Government promulga,ting rules fer selection of carulidares to medical course-One rule providing for distric/·\1·isc allocation of sears on basis of population-I/ discrimina­ rory when objecr is Io a/lracr be.<t tal•nt-Socially Art. 15(1) infring­ ed-lnterl'it:w hy selection con1111irree-extent to which criterion for allolt~ inR mGrks can be indica1('d. The petitioners challcngi.:d an order of the State Government by which rules were promulga1ed for selection of candidates for admission to a medical
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