Supreme Court of India

Nyadar Singh & Anr. v. Union of India & Ors.

Neutral citation
Reported as [1988] SUPP. 2 S.C.R. 546
Bench Ranganath Misra J.
Decided 23 August 1988

INSC stands for INDIAN SUPREME COURT. A neutral citation scheme assigned by the Court itself, so a judgment can be cited without depending on a commercial law reporter. INSC is the neutral citation scheme assigned by the Supreme Court, so a judgment can be cited without depending on a commercial law reporter.

3 Supreme Court benches have cited this judgment.

What the Court ordered

We are of the opinion that it would be somewhat unfair that at this distance of time the matters are re-opened.

Judgment, page 14

From the headnote

Central Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 1966: Rule ll(vi)-Government servant-Directly recruited to a par­ ticular post-Whether can be reduced to a post lower in rank to the one that he was directly recruited. Constitution of India, 1950-Article 311(2)-'Reduction in rank'-Whether a government servant by way of punishment/penalty can be reduced in rank to a post lower than that to which he was recruited directly-All reversions from higher post are not necessarily reduction in rank. . · · Statutory Interpretation: Consequences do not alter statutory language-They only

Sign in free to read it

  • The full judgment, page by page, as published in the Supreme Court Reports
  • The ratio: what the Court held, verbatim, with the page it sits on
  • Every bench that relied on it, and every bench that argued against it
  • Search every reported judgment, by party, citation or question
  • Download the PDF, copy pinpoint citations ready for a filing
Sign in to read - for free

An email address, no password.