The Supreme Court has granted relief to a Scheduled Tribe candidate whose selection for a government post was cancelled merely because she reported one day late for the medical examination, despite having cleared the preliminary, mains, and interview stages.

The candidate appeared for the medical test the 'next day' after the entire interview process, while the Jhakhand Public Service Commission required her to appear the day after her own interview. Observing that the phrase 'next day' was ambiguous and undefined in the advertisement, the bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta set aside the Jharkhand High Court's decision, which justified the Appellants' rejection as valid.

The Court ruled that her candidature rejection was 'disproportionate and unjust.'

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