Supreme Court of India

N. Birendra Singh v. L. Priyokumar Singh and Ors.

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Reported as [2006] SUPP. 1 S.C.R. 957
Bench S.B. Sinha and P.P. Naolekar JJ.
Decided 5 May 2006

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What the Court ordered

In the result, Civil Appeal Nos.2128-2131 of 2001 preferred by the State are dismissed and other connected appeals filed by the appellants herein are allowed.

Judgment, page 11

From the headnote

Service law: ... Seniority list-Regularisation-Division Bench upholding judgment and c order of Single Judge-However, Division Bench giving directions in terms whereof benefit conferred by judgment and order of Single Judge taken away-- Whether permissible-Held, what cannot be done directly cannot be done indirectly--Difficulty of State in implementing judgment and order passed by Single Judge is no reason to deprive the petitioners of the benefit conferred by the judgement-In the facts, directions issued by Division Bench set aside-- Practice and procedure. High Court directed regularisation

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