Party Name Case No. Decided on Coram Subject Matter Point decided Chandrakant Giri Goswami Vs State of Chhattisgarh and Others WPS No. 2873, 510 and 2887 of 2019 24.10.2019 Hon’ble Shri P.R. Ramachandra Menon, Chief Justice and Hon’ble Shri Justice Parth Prateem Sahu Scheduled II to Rule 6 of the Chhattisgarh Lok Abhiyojan (Rajpatrit) Bharti Evam Padonnati Niyam, 2008 (I) Fixing upper age limit of 40 years for promotion as ADPPO from A.G.-III having Law degree with 7 years experience – irrational – lack of nexus to the object sought to be achieved - Arbitrary and discriminatory and therefore, violative of Articles 14 & 16 of the Constitution of India. (ii) Process of acquisition of knowledge – following stranga in Sanskrit relied upon: ^^आचार्यात् पादमादत्ते पादम शिष्यः स्वमेधया । पादम सब्रह्राचारिभ्यात्ः पादम कालक्रमेण चः ॥^^ “A person acquires one-fourth of the knowledge from the teachers, one-fourth by himself, o...
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