Supreme Court of India

Union of India and Ors. v. Jaipal Singh

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Reported as [2003] SUPP. 5 S.C.R. 115
Bench Doraiswamy Raju and Arijit Pasayat JJ.
Decided 3 November 2003

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What the Court ordered

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

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 1 relied on · 1 referred to · 1 mentioned

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