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Railway Protection Force & Ors. v. Prem Chand Kumar & Ors.

Service law – Recruitment

Court
Supreme Court of India
Decided
9 Sep 2025
Citation
[2025] 9 S.C.R. 558
Case no.
CIVIL APPEAL No. 11716/2025
Bench
Surya Kant, Joymalya Bagchi

Issue for consideration

Issue arose whether the respondents having applied in reserved category, and availed relaxation in age and/or physical measurements to participate in the recruitment process and secured more than the unreserved candidates in the written test and trade test can be vacancies.

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