SC Quashes the Appointment of Homoeopathy Body Chairman

Public appointments made contrary to the eligibility requirements amounts to a fraud on the public, the Supreme Court held on Wednesday as it set aside the appointment of chairman of National Commission for Homoeopathy.

- Abraham Thomas

NEW DELHI:

Faulting the decision of the Centre in approving Anil Khurana's appointment as chairman in July 2021 for a tenure of four years, a bench headed by Justice Dipankar Datta said, "Whenever appointment to a public office is sought to be made, the rules prescribing mandatory eligibility criteria must be applied in a strict manner... it amounts to a fraud on public to make appointments in departure of either the statutory requirements or a public advertisement."