Union Of India & Ors vs O. Chakradhar on 19 February, 2002
There was leakage of question papers and its transmission to candidates at other centres through modern modes of communication was not ruled out. Having regard to all these factors, the decision to cancel the examination was taken. When the result of 1995 examination have been cancelled, the question of the respondent employees case being considered on the basis of marks secured by him at the said examination does not arise. As is settled in a long time of decisions, while considering the case of mass malpractice there is no scope of examining an individual case (see Bihar School Examination Board v. Subhas Singh, AIR 1970 SC 1269, Krishan Yadav v. State of Haryana, AIR 1994 SC 2166, P. Ratnakar Rao v. Govt. of A.P., AIR 1996 SC 2523, Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan v. Ajay Kumar Das, 2002 SCC (L&S) 582 and Union of India v. O Chakradhar, 2002 (3) SCC 146.