Principal,Kendriya Vidyalaya & Ors vs Saurabh Chaudhary & Ors

The Supreme Court upheld the Madras High Court's decision granting admission to Saurabh Chaudhary in class XI despite his marks being below the cut-off, citing the precedent in Principal, Cambridge School vs. Payal Gupta, 1995 (5) SCC 512. The Court emphasized that the regulations of Kendriya Vidyalaya Sanghathan should not be applied rigidly when a student has demonstrated potential in sports and was offered admission in other schools. The Court held that the denial of admission based solely on academic performance without considering other merits was unjust.