Hina vs Union of India - Supreme Court

 Hina vs Union of India - Supreme Court Important Judgment 2016 - 

 

On 23rd February, 2016, in the case of Hina vs Union of India & Ors. [Civil Appeal No. 1676 of 2016], it was held that the second respondent-Corporation was not justified in rejecting the application of appellant for allotment of retail outlet of petroleum/diesel dealership on the ground that the age proof submitted by her was not of the Secondary School as per the norms, but of a Higher Secondary School. Noting that the appellant had submitted an attested copy of the School Leaving Certificate issued by a Higher Secondary School, the Bench held that when “a copy of the Secondary School Leaving Certificate can be accepted as proof of age, it does not even strike to common sense as to why the copy of the Higher Secondary School Leaving Certificate, duly attested, cannot be accepted as proof of age.”