1986 (9) TMI 420

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....rivastava, Advs For Respondents: Harish N. Salve, Rajiv K. Garg, N.D. Garg and N. Safaya, Advs. JUDGMENT M.P. Thakkar, J. 1. 'Fails' in one subject, but 'passes' the examination It is not a tongue-in-the-check remark, for, passing an examination does not mean passing or securing the minimum passing marks in each subject or item of examination provided the candidate secu....

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....(d) Assessment of ... 75 marks Confidential Reports (ii) (a) The minimum pass marks in the examination shall be 50% for general candidates and 45% for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribe candidates. This rule was interpreted by the concerned Department as requiring the candidates to secure 50% minimum pass marks for the general candidates and 45% minimum pass marks for Scheduled Castes and Sch....

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....gree examination. Can one who secures zero, say in surgery, but secures high marks in the other papers, so that the minimum aggregate standard is attained, be declared to have passed the examination? Such an interpretation would result in havoc and have catastrophic consequences. Examining the examination rule in the present context, the nihilist result is equally conspicuous. Say, a candidate sec....