In Brief
In this landmark judgment, the Supreme Court examined complaints from 109 candidates who appeared in the Rajasthan Civil Judge Cadre 2024 examination, claiming arbitrary and biased marking in the subjective English Essay paper resulted in unfairly low scores that disqualified them from the interview stage. After scrutinizing examination data, answer sheets, and the evaluation methodology, the Court found no statistical discrepancies or evidence of deliberate low marking. The Court emphasised that uniform evaluation procedures—where distinct evaluators assess specific questions across all answer sheets—prevent arbitrary grading. Finding no grounds for intervention under Article 32, the Supreme Court dismissed the petitions, upholding the examination's integrity and affirming that examination authorities may not be faulted merely because candidates fail subsequent examination stages.
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