Supreme Court of India

West Bengal State Electricity Board & Ors. v. Desh Bandhu Ghosh and Ors.

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Reported as [1985] 2 S.C.R. 1014
Bench O. Chinnappa Reddy J.
Decided 26 February 1985

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Dismissing the appeal, HELD : Article 14 has been interpreted in several decisions of this Cou;t and conrerment and exercise of arbitrary power on and by the State or its instrumentalities have been frowned upon and struck down by this Court as offending Article 14. [10170] In the instant case, on the face of it the Regulation is totally arbitrary and confers on the Board a power which is capable of vicious discrimination. It is a naked 'hire and fire' rule, the time for banishing which altogether from employer~employee relationship is fast approaching. Its only parallel is to be found in the

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