Supreme Court of India

K. Samantaray v. National Insurance Co. Ltd.

Neutral citation
Reported as [2003] SUPP. 3 S.C.R. 669
Bench Doraiswamy Raju and Arijit Pasayat JJ.
Decided 12 September 2003

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.

4 Supreme Court benches have cited this judgment.

From the headnote

Service Law : Seniority-Promotion-Policy for Officers-Seniority-cum-merit and merit-cum seniority-Difference between-Officer found unsuitable for promotion-Representation rejected-Writ petition filed on the ground that policy overlooked principle of seniority-cum-merit and laid undue stress on merit dismissed-Correctness of-Held : In seniority-cum-merit greater emphasis is laid on seniority while in merit-cum-seniority merit is c the determinative fa..:tor-But as one goes higher in the ladder of promotional posts seniority loses importance and merit gets primacy-The promotion policy laid

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 3 relied on · 1 mentioned

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.