Supreme Court · 2020 INSC 423 · Decided 11 June 2020
Nirbhay Kumar & ORS. v. State of Bihar & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2020 INSC 423 · [2020] 5 S.C.R. 656
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 227/2019
- Decided
- 11 June 2020
- Bench
- ASHOK BHUSHAN, M.R. SHAH, V. RAMASUBRAMANIAN (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 32
Headnote
Service Law - Appointment - Advertisement issued in 2004 for appointment to 1510 posts of Sub-Inspector in the State of Bihar - Several rounds of litigation - Result of select list of 1510+639 (vacancies added later) i.e. 2149 was declared and High Court in a writ petition issued further direction to appoint 67 candidates belonging to most backward category who were wrongly left out - State appointed those 67 and to retain those who were to be displaced decided to appoint 186 more candidates - Appointment of 186
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