Supreme Court · 2021 INSC 731 · Decided 16 November 2021
MOHD. Mustafa v. Union of India & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2021 INSC 731 · [2021] 11 S.C.R. 163
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 6905/2021
- Decided
- 16 November 2021
- Bench
- L. NAGESWARA RAO, SANJIV KHANNA, BHUSHAN RAMKRISHNA GAVAI (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution
Headnote
v. UNION OF INDIA & ORS. (Civil Appeal No.6905 of 2021) NOVEMBER 16, 2021 [L. NAGESWARA RAO, SANJIV KHANNA AND B. R. GAVAI, JJ] Service law: Selection and appointment - Post of Director General of Police (Head of Police Force) - Appointment of respondent No.4 as DGP (HoPF) by the Prakash Singh's case - High Court set aside the said order - On appeal, held: Courts in exercise of power under judicial review do not interfere with selections made by expert bodies by reassessing comparative merits of the candidates - Interference is restricted to
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