https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=198483 A challenge to a selection process that would displace a selected candidate requires impleadment of that candidate as a necessary party; without such joinder, the writ petition was not maintainable. The Court also clarified that horizontal reservation for women is applied separately from the open category: women selected on their own merit are counted in the general pool and cannot be adjusted against the special reservation quota. The contrary approach treating merit-selected women as occupying horizontal reservation slots was held erroneous, and the High Court's judgment was set aside. en-us Thu, 03 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 12 Aug 2023 12:34:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=198483 A challenge to a selection process that would displace a selected candidate requires impleadment of that candidate as a necessary party; without such joinder, the writ petition was not maintainable. The Court also clarified that horizontal reservation for women is applied separately from the open category: women selected on their own merit are counted in the general pool and cannot be adjusted against the special reservation quota. The contrary approach treating merit-selected women as occupying horizontal reservation slots was held erroneous, and the High Court's judgment was set aside. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 03 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=198483