States Cannot Prescribe Qualifications Beyond Those Laid Down In Union Law: Supreme Court

Yash Mittal

16 Jan 2026 7:14 PM IST

  • States Cannot Prescribe Qualifications Beyond Those Laid Down In Union Law: Supreme Court

    When a field prescribing a qualification for a public post is occupied by the Union, then it is impermissible for the States to impose additional qualifications, observed the Supreme Court. A bench of Justices JK Maheshwari and Vijay Bishnoi heard the batch of appeals concerning the challenge to the power of the State Government to prescribe the essential qualifications for the position of...

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