Confirmed High source confidence State body

HCS (Judicial Branch) Preliminary Examination 2017

16 July 2017 Haryana Punjab & Haryana High Court

Status

Confirmed

A leak or organised manipulation was established by an official body, a court, or a police investigation.

Candidates affected

—

No figure in the source

Arrests

—

Not quantified in the source

Convictions

recorded in the source

What happened

A High Court committee found the paper was leaked and the prelims (109 judicial posts) were scrapped; the then Registrar (Recruitment) and two others were later convicted, two getting five-year jail terms in 2024.

What was done

Exam cancelled

Arrests / FIR

Official probe

Source

Primary reference Careers360 ↗ https://news.careers360.com/2017-hcs-exam-paper-leak-case-delhi-court-sentences-punjab-haryana-judicial-hc-ex-registrar-5-year-jail

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