In Brief
An advocate who violated mandatory examination instructions by using pencil markings during a civil judges' recruitment written test had her Law Paper invalidated. The High Court condoned the mistake on humanitarian grounds, finding it inadvertent. The Supreme Court allowed the State's appeal, holding that instructions issued by Public Service Commissions are mandatory and binding, and must be strictly followed. The Court rejected condoning such violations, even inadvertent ones, as doing so would undermine the fairness and equality of the selection process and set harmful precedents for other disqualified candidates.
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