Supreme Court of India

Hargovind Pant v. Dr. Raghukul Tilak & Ors.

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Reported as [1979] 3 S.C.R. 972
Bench Y. V. Ciiandrachud, P. N. Bhagwati, N. L. Untwau, S. Murtaza Fazal Ali and R. S. Pathak JJ.
Decided 4 May 1979

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We are of the view that howsoever wide and expansive a meaning we may give to the words "employment . . under the Government of India",. the office of Governor cannot come within it.

Judgment, page 7

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