Supreme Court of India

State of U.P. and Ors. v. Siya Ram and Anr.

Neutral citation
Reported as [2004] SUPP. 3 S.C.R. 348
Bench Arijit Pasayat J.
Decided 5 August 2004

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.

From the headnote

Service Law : Transfer of employee on administrative ground-(;hallenge to- Allowed by High Court-On appeal, Held : Transfer of an employee appointed against transferable post is a condition of service necessary in public interest and efficiency in public administration-Employee cannot claim as a matter of any legal right to be posted at a particular place of his choice-No material available to link the transfer with the outcome of departmental proceedings pending against-No mala tides could be attributed to the order of transfer-Hence, Order of High Court indefensible. Respondent-employee was

Authorities it was built on

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.