Supreme Court of India

P. Venugopal v. Union of India

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Reported as [2008] 8 S.C.R. 1
Bench Tarun Chatterjee and Harjit Singh Bedi JJ.
Decided 8 May 2008

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What the Court ordered

We hold that the proviso is ultra vires G and unconstitutional and accordingly it is struck down.

Judgment, page 33

From the headnote

I India Institute of Medical Sciences (Amendment) Act, 2007 - Proviso to sub-section (1A) of Section 11 - Constitutional validity of - Held, ultra vires unconstitutional, c violative of Article 14 of the Constitution and void ab initio - Hence struck down - Constitution of India, Article 14- Service law - Administrative law, principles of Natural Justice. Words & Phrases: "Tenure" - Meaning of In the writ petition filed before this Court, the petitioner has challenged the constitutional validity of the proviso to sub-section (1A) of Section 11 of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 2 relied on · 3 referred to

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