Court : Supreme Court of India
Reported in : AIR1984SC468; 1984(32)BLJR206; [1984(48)FLR339]; 1984(1)SCALE141; 1984Supp(1)SCC214; [1984]2SCR792; 1984(16)LC296(SC)
O. Chinnappa Reddy, J.1. The appellants in the several appeals before us question the relaxation granted to candidates belonging to the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes in regard to the minimum qualifying marks for admission into the medical colleges of the State of Madhya Pradesh. We are afraid we have to throw out these appeals on the preliminary ground that the persons likely to be affected if we agree with the submissions made on behalf of the appellants, that is, the candidates belonging tot he Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes who have secured admission into the medical colleges as a result of the relaxation granted to them have not been brought before us by being properly impleaded as parties. We fail to see how the question of the legality or validity of the relaxation granted in their favour can possibly be decided in their absence. Rules of natural justice apply as much to proceedings in courts of law as to proceedings before authorities elsewhere. It may be ...
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