Supreme Court of India

Punjab State Electricity Board v. Malkait Singh

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Reported as [2004] SUPP. 5 S.C.R. 329

Bench Shivaraj V. Patil J.

Decided 11 October 2004

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that the High .Court committed an B error in proceeding on the basis that the respondent had got a vested right for appointment and that could not have been taken away by the subsequent change in the policy.

Judgment, page 6

Authorities it was built on

1986 Neelima Shangla Ph.d. Candidate v. State of Haryana & Ors. cited by 24
2003 State of Orissa and Ors. v. Bhikari Charan Khuntia and Ors. Etc. cited by 3

Where later benches applied it

2020 Commissioner of Police and Anr. v. Umesh Kumar relied on
2013 Vijoy Kumar Pandey v. Arvind Kumar Rai & Ors. relied on

Of those, 2 relied on

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