Supreme Court of India
Sitaram Jivyabhai Gavali v. Ramjibhai Petiyabhai Mahala & Ors.
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What the Court ordered
We are of the view that the appellant H 658 SUPREME COURT REPORTS (1987] 2 S.C.R. A should be deemed to have been relieved from his service at 10.00 A.M. on 24.11.1984 and he had ceased to be a Government servant before he submitted his nomination paper on 24.11.1984.
Judgment, page 23
From the headnote
Constitution of India, 1950, Article 102(1)(a) Disqualifications for Membership of either House of Parliament-Appellant a temporary Government servant tenders his resignation along with a month's salary ..-· as per clause 6 of his appointment order hands over the official records in his possession, and files the nomination, explaining everything in the covering letter to the Returning Officer-Whether the appellant could be c said to hold an "office of profit under the Government" on the date of -·y filing the nomination-Doctrine of Relation Forward, applicability of- Deemed date of
Where later benches applied it
- 2010 Meghmala & Ors. v. G. Narasimha Reddy & Ors.
- 2005 Triloki Nath and Ors. v. State of U.P.
- 1992 David Patrick Ward and Anr. v. Union of India and Ors.
Of those, 3 mentioned
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