Supreme Court of India
Union of India and Ors. v. Jaipal Singh
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We are of the view that it is well accepted that an order rejecting a special leave petition at the threshold without detailed reasons therefore does not constitute any declaration of law by this Court or constitute a binding precedent.
Judgment, page 3
From the headnote
Service Law : Back wages-(]overnment servant convicted by trial court of an offence uls 302134 /PC-Dismissal from service-On appeal, conviction set aside- Writ petition by employee seeking reinstatement and fall back wages-Allowed by High Court-Held, though in the event of prosecution at the behest or by the department itself perhaps different considerations may arise, if an employee or a public servant got involved in a criminal case and if after initial conviction by trial court he gets acquittal on appeal subsequently, department cannot in any manner be found fault with for having kept him
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Where later benches applied it
- 2012 Bar Council of India v. Union of India
- 2011 State of Punjab v. Davinder Pal Singh Bhullar & Ors. Etc
- 2012 Gurpal Singh v. High Court of Judicature for Rajasthan
Of those, 1 relied on · 1 referred to · 1 mentioned
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