A Candidate Once Availed Age Relaxation For Reserved Category Can't Later Migrate To General Category: SC [Read Judgment]

Mehal Jain

4 July 2019 10:00 PM IST

"We are of the view that the age relaxation granted to the candidates belonging to SC/ST and SEBC category in the instant case is an incident of reservation under Article 16(4) of the Constitution of India,"

The Supreme Court on Thursday held that a candidate who has availed of an age relaxation in a selection process as a result of belonging to a reserved category, thereafter, cannot seek to be accommodated in/or migrated to the general category seat. The bench of Justices Abdul Nazeer and Indira Banerjee noted that by virtue of Article 16(4), a state is empowered to make reservation...

A Candidate Once Availed Age Relaxation For Reserved Category Can't Later Migrate To General Category: SC [Read Judgment]

Mehal Jain

"We are of the view that the age relaxation granted to the candidates belonging to SC/ST and SEBC category in the instant case is an incident of reservation under Article 16(4) of the Constitution of India,"

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