Supreme Court of India

State of West Bengal v. Haresh C. Banerjee and Ors.

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Reported as [2006] SUPP. 5 S.C.R. 620
Bench Y .K. Sabharw Al, C. K. Thakker and P.K. Balasubramany An JJ.
Decided 30 August 2006

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What the Court ordered

In view of the above, we set aside the impugned judgment to the extent F it declares Rule 10( I) ultra vires.

Judgment, page 5

From the headnote

Service Law: West Bengal Services (Death-cum-Retirement Benefit) Rules, 1971- Rule 10(/)-Pension-Withholding of-By State-Constitutional validity a/­ Held: The Rule being the authority of law under which the pension could be withheld, the same cannot be held ultra vires even at the time when pension was a property to which Article 19(1)(/) was applicable-Constitution of India, 1950-Articles 19(/)(f) (since repealed) and 309. proviso thereto. The question for consideration in the present appeal was whether Rule 10(1) of West Bengal Services (Death-cum-Retirement Benefit) Rules, 1971 framed

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