Supreme Court · 2018 INSC 554 · Decided 14 June 2018
U.P.P.S.C., Through Its Chairman & Anr v. Rahul Singh & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2018 INSC 554 · [2018] 5 S.C.R. 28
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 5838/2018
- Decided
- 14 June 2018
- Bench
- UDAY UMESH LALIT, DEEPAK GUPTA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
Education/Educational Institutions - Matters of academic nature - Interference by the court - Extent and power of - Upper Subordinate Services preliminary examination - Key answers challenged by the candidates as incorrect - High Court overruled the view of based on the report of expert Committee - On appeal, held: Judges are not experts and cannot take on the role of experts in academic matters - They must exercise great restraint in such matters and should not overstep their jurisdiction to upset the opinion of the experts -
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