Supreme Court of India

Krishena Kumar and Anr. Etc. Etc. v. Union of India and Ors.

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Reported as [1990] 3 S.C.R. 352

Bench Sabyasachi Mukharji, B.C. Ray, M.H. Kania, C K.N. Saikia and S.C. Agrawal JJ.

Decided 13 July 1990

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that the eligibility for liberalised pension scheme of 'beinK in service on the specified date and retiring subsequent to that date' in impugned memoranda, Exs.

Judgment, page 28

From the headnote

Constitution of India, 1950: Article 141-Policy of courts is to stand by precedent and not disturb settled point. Civil Services: Railway Board Circular dated May 8, 1987- Change over of railway employees from SRPF (Contributory Scheme) to Pension Scheme-Uth option-Exercise of-Para 3.1-Whether constitutionally valid. The petitioners are retired railway employees who were covered by the Railway Contributory Provident Fund Scheme. The Provident Fund Scheme was replaced in the year 1957 by the Pension Scheme. The employees who entered Railway service on or after 1.4.1957 were auto matically

Authorities it was built on

1982 D.S. Nakara & Others v. Union of India cited by 127
1984 Union of India v. Bidhubhushan Malik and Others cited by 5

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