#document verification

Jharkhand High Court upholds cancellation of a reserved category candidate’s candidature for missing document verification deadlines, ruling that explicit cancellation clauses in recruitment notices leave no room for exceptions, even on grounds of personal hardship. The judgment reinforces procedural rigidity in public recruitment, impacting all candidates subject to strict verification timelines.

Punjab & Haryana High Court rules that candidates meeting graduation requirements by the application cut-off date-even with only semester-wise mark-sheets-cannot be disqualified for lacking a consolidated mark-sheet. The judgment reinforces that eligibility hinges on substantive qualification, not procedural formalities, protecting applicants from technical rejections in government recruitments.