In Brief
The appellant, having passed his intermediate examination in 2002, subsequently completed graduation (2005), postgraduation (2007), and law degree (2011) based on that qualification. Nine years after the examination, the U.P. Board cancelled his intermediate results without notice or hearing, claiming he had simultaneously appeared in examinations of two different boards for Class X. The High Court upheld this cancellation, citing violation of regulations. The Supreme Court reversed the judgment, holding that no such regulation prohibiting simultaneous appearances was ever shown to exist, and that the cancellation violated natural justice principles. The order was passed belatedly without prescribed procedure and nullified all subsequent qualifications, making it null and void.
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