C.B.S.E. & Anr vs P.Sunil Kumar & Ors on 12 May, 1998
24. For the aforementioned reasons, we are of the opinion that the learned trial Judge committed an error in holding that Regulation 14 aforementioned is directory in nature. Furthermore, the learned trial Judge could not have allowed the respondent herein to appear at the examination as a special case. Such a practice has been deprecated by the Apex Court in no uncertain terms in Central Board of Secondary Education v. P. Sunil Kumar .