Pankaj Kumar v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Petitioners challenged exclusion from counselling due to biometric mismatch, alleging discrimination against two similarly accused candidates who were provisionally selected after successful re-verification. The High Court held the differential treatment violated equality principles.
What did the court decide?
Petitioners entitled to be provisionally recommended subject to result of criminal case, similar to two other selected candidates.