Cannot change rules of the game once recruitment to public services commences: SC
A five-judge Constitution Bench led by Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud held on Thursday that the c or the ‘rules of the game’ for the selection of candidates to public services cannot be changed midway once the recruitment commences. “Eligibility criteria for being placed in the select list, notified at the commencement of the recruitment process, cannot be changed midway through the recruitment process unless the extant rules so permit, or the The Constitution Bench, in the unanimous 44-page judgment, held that the laws, rules and procedure governing recruitments to public services, both of the Union and the States, must be governed by the overarching principles of the fundamental rights of equality and non-discrimination. Courts have consistently frowned upon tinkering with the rules of the game once the recruitment process commences. This has crystallised into an oft-quoted legal phrase that ‘the rules of the game must not be changed midway, or after the game has been played’,” the judge explained.
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