New Delhi, May 4 (Udaipur Kiran): The Supreme Court of India has refused to grant relief to selected candidates in the Rajasthan Sub-Inspector Recruitment 2021 paper leak case, effectively upholding the cancellation of the entire recruitment process.
The court dismissed the Special Leave Petitions (SLPs) filed against the earlier order of the Rajasthan High Court, which had annulled the recruitment due to large-scale irregularities. Despite detailed arguments by senior advocates Abhishek Manu Singhvi and P S Patwalia, the apex court declined to issue notice and rejected the petitions.
A bench comprising Justices Dipankar Datta and Satish Chandra Sharma heard the matter. The petitions challenged the Rajasthan High Court’s April 4, 2026 judgment, which had cancelled the entire recruitment and ordered a fresh examination.
During the hearing, the court made strong observations on the integrity of the recruitment process. It noted that a member of the Rajasthan Public Service Commission had been arrested in connection with the paper leak case, and his bail had earlier been cancelled by the Supreme Court, indicating serious systemic corruption.
The bench emphasised that in such cases, separating tainted and untainted candidates must be legally sustainable. However, it observed that such segregation was not feasible in this case, rendering the entire selection process unreliable.
The court also referred to its earlier precedent where an examination was cancelled nationwide due to irregularities involving a limited number of candidates, underlining a strict approach in cases of exam malpractice.
Petitioners had argued that there was no large-scale paper leak and cited statistical analysis, including bell-curve distribution of marks, claiming only 6.3 percent candidates were allegedly tainted and could be separated. They also pointed out that over 838 candidates had already been appointed and served for more than two years, involving significant public expenditure on training.
However, the court found no grounds to interfere with the High Court’s conclusion that the recruitment process was fundamentally flawed.
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