Supreme Court of India

Som Prakash Rekhi v. Union of India & Anr.

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Reported as [1981] 2 S.C.R. 111

Decided 13 November 1980

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What the Court ordered

We hold that the petitioner is entitled to his full pension. of Re. 165.

Judgment, page 43

Authorities it was built on

1979 Ramana Dayaram Shetty v. The International Airport Authority of India and Ors. cited by 124
1975 Sabhajit Tewary v. Union of India & Ors. cited by 26

Where later benches applied it

2018 Jayant Verma & Ors. v. Union of India & Ors. relied on
2013 State of Jharkhand and Another v. Harihar Yadav and Others relied on
2022 Barun Chandra Thakur v. Master Bholu & Anr. referred to

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