Supreme Court of India

Rabindra Nath Bose & Ors v. Union of India & Ors.

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Reported as [1970] 2 S.C.R. 697

Decided 9 October 1969

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that no relief should be given to petitioners who, without any reasonable explanation, approach this Court D under Art. 32 of the Constitution after inordinate delay.

Judgment, page 16

From the headnote

Constitution of India, Arts. 14 and !&-Whether applicable to acts done in pre-Constitution period-Prom_otion of Income-tax Officers on the basis of Seniority Rules made in 1952 challenged in writ petition in 1967 -Petition is barred by laches-Confirmed Assistant Commissioners of Income-tax must not be disturbed by delayed appeal to fundamental rights. In 1943 the Government of India feit it necessary to re-organise the entire service of Income-tax Officers and to create a Central 'Service and uniform pay scales for different constituent grades. The main idea was to create Class I Cadre

Authorities it was built on

1967 S.G. Jaisinghani v. Union of India and Ors. cited by 69
1964 Sri Jagadguru Kari Basava Rajendraswami of Gavimutt v. Commissioner of Hindu Religious Charitable Endowments, Hyderabad cited by 2

Where later benches applied it

2020 Indore Development Authority v. Manoharlal & Ors. Etc. relied on
2010 Tamil Nadu Housing Board, Chennai v. M. Meiyappan and Ors. relied on
2026 Mizo Chief Council Mizoram Thr. President Shri L. Chinzah v. Union of India followed
2013 Udai Shankar Awasthi v. State of U.P. Anr. followed
2014 Assam Sanmilita Mahasangha & Ors. v. Union of India & Ors. referred to

Of those, 2 relied on · 2 followed · 1 referred to

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