Supreme Court · 2010 INSC 70 · Decided 1 February 2010
Rakhi Ray & ORS. v. The High Court of Delhi & OR$.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2010 INSC 70 · [2010] 2 S.C.R. 239
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1133/2010
- Decided
- 1 February 2010
- Bench
- K.G. BALAKRISHNAN, DEEPAK VERMA, B.S. CHAUHAN (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 16(1), 14
Headnote
A B Delhi Higher Judicial Services Rules, 1970 - Appointment of District Judges - Filling up vacancies over C and above the number of vacancies advertised - Permissibility of - Held: Not permissible - It amounts to filling up of future vacancies - It is violative of Articles 14 and nullity - In case vacancies notified stand filled up, process of selection comes to an end - Waiting list cannot D be used as a reservoir, to fill up the vacancy which comes into existence after the issuance of notificationladve'rl:isement - Only in a exceptional circumstance, such rule can be
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