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Article 21 in Constitution of India [Constitution]
Section 25 in The Drugs And Cosmetics Act, 1940 [Entire Act]
Section 323 in The Indian Penal Code, 1860 [Entire Act]
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Section 427 in The Indian Penal Code, 1860 [Entire Act]
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Charles. K. Skaria vs Dr.C.Mathew on 19 March, 1980
31. The decision of the Supreme Court in Charles K. Skaria
v. C. Mathew (Dr), (supra) would also not be applicable to
the facts of the present case for the reason that in the facts of
the said case, there was a condition in the prospectus,
directing that certificates shall be produced along with the
applications for admission. The purpose obviously was to have
instant proof of the qualification. The Supreme Court held that
a method of convenience for proving possession of a
qualification is merely directory. Moreover, the prospectus
itself permitted the government to modify the method. In this
view, the court found nothing objectionable with the
government directive to the selection committee, nor in the
communication to the selection committee by the university,
nor even in their taking into consideration and giving credit for
diplomas although the authentic copies of the diplomas were
not attached to the application for admission. The court
observed that a hundred examples of absurd consequences
can be given if the substance of the matter was to be
sacrificed for mere form and prescriptions regarding
procedures. Thus, the above case was one where a condition
was relaxed as such condition had been inserted only as a
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C/SCA/23050/2019 JUDGMENT
method of convenience; whereas in the present case, without
there being a condition for making any disclosure, the
petitioner - company has been disqualified on such ground.