Writ Courts Can Order Revaluation Even When There Is No Provision For It: SC [Read Judgment]

Ashok Kini

7 Feb 2019 5:41 PM IST

"It is one thing to say that the absence of provision for revaluation will not enable the candidate to claim the right of evaluation as a matter of right and another to say that in no circumstances whatsoever where there is no provision for revaluation will the writ court exercise its undoubted constitutional powers?"

The Supreme Court has held that a writ court is not powerless in 'rare and exceptional' cases to order revaluation even in cases where there is no provision for revaluation. "The wide power under Article 226 may continue to be available even though there is no provision for revaluation in a situation where a candidate despite having giving correct answer and about which there cannot...

Writ Courts Can Order Revaluation Even When There Is No Provision For It: SC [Read Judgment]

Ashok Kini

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