Reducing cut-off marks after publishing results to accommodate ineligible candidates violates Article 14: Supreme Court

Reducing the cut-off to provide employment to a particular category, when others have already acquired rights due to the publication of results, would be an affront to Article 14 of the Constitution, the Court said.
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The Supreme Court recently held that reducing the cut-off marks after the publication of results only for the purpose of accommodating otherwise ineligible candidates, violates Article 14 (equality before law) of the Constitution of India [Sureshkumar Lalitkumar Patel and Others v. State of Gujarat and Others].

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