India, Aug. 28 -- The Rajasthan High Court on Thursday cancelled the 2021 sub-inspector recruitment examination, which aimed to fill 859 posts, amid large-scale paper leak allegations across the state.

A single bench of the high court (Jaipur bench), presided over by justice Sameer Jain, passed the order saying, "To uphold the Rajasthan Police's motto of 'Trust in the Public and Fear in the Criminals,' cancelling the 2021 sub-inspector recruitment examination is imperative. This is necessitated by the fact that the tainted examination, plagued by malpractices yet to be fully uncovered, would erode public confidence in the police. Such an outcome would alarm both the public and State machinery, indicating a breakdown in trust crucial for ...