Supreme Court of India

Kanta Kathuria v. Manak Chand Surana

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Reported as [1970] 2 S.C.R. 835
Bench M. Hidayatullah J.
Decided 16 October 1969

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The appellant was not holding an office of profit. (a) Before a person becomes subject to the d;squalification in Art. 191(1) there must be an office wbich exists independently of his being the holder of the office. The word 'office' means an office or employment which was a subsisting, permanent, substantive position which had an exis­ tence independent of the person who filled it, which went on and was filled in succession by successive holders; but if a person was engaged on whatever terms to do the duties which were assigned to him, his employ­ ment to do those duties did not create an

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