In Brief
The Supreme Court examined a challenge to a government employee's appointment and a respondent's exclusion from screening for a public sector position. The High Court had quashed the appointment, finding the State Screening Committee's failure to disclose reasons for rejecting the respondent was arbitrary. The Supreme Court disagreed, holding that selection committees need not disclose reasons unless required by applicable rules or regulations. Finding no applicable rule mandated disclosure, and no evidence of bias or malice in the departmental selection, the Court allowed the appeals and set aside the High Court's directions.
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