Supreme Court · 2020 INSC 714 · Decided 18 December 2020
Saurav Yadav & ORS. v. State of Uttar Pradesh & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2020 INSC 714 · [2020] 11 S.C.R. 281
- Case number
- SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CIVIL) No. 23223/2018
- Decided
- 18 December 2020
- Bench
- UDAY UMESH LALIT, S. RAVINDRA BHAT, HRISHIKESH ROY (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution
Headnote
Service Law - Selection - Reservation - Horizontal reservation and vertical reservation - Two candidates, one belonging to the OBC-Female category and another belonging to the SC- Female category participated in in 2013 for filling up posts of constables in Uttar Pradesh police - They had secured 276.5949 and 233.1908 marks respectively - The cut-off of female (general category) was 274.8928 - They both claimed selection in General Female category - Their claim was rejected by the
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