Supreme Court of India

State of West Bengal & Anr. v. West Bengal Regn. Copy Writers Assn. & Anr.

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Reported as [2009] 8 S.C.R. 334
Bench Tarun Chatierjee and V.S. Sirpurkar JJ.
Decided 8 May 2009

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West Bengal Registration (Copywriters) Rules, 1999 - Copywriters - Grant of license under the Rules - Status of c copywriters - Held: There is no master-servant relationship between copywriters and State Government- Copywriters are mere licensees - Grant of license does not amount to creating service - It cannot clothe them with the status of Government servant - They were not doing any government duty nor there )< was absolute control over their working - They were not paid from public exchequer - Copywriters not on Government establishment under Rules formulated under Article 309 - On

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