Supreme Court of India

Shanker Raju v. Union of India

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Reported as [2011] 2 S.C.R. 1

Bench D.K. Jain and H.L. Datiu JJ.

Decided 4 January 2011

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What the Court ordered

In view of the above discussion, we do not see any merit in this writ petition filed under Article 32 of the Constitution of India.

Judgment, page 32

From the headnote

Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985 - ss.10A and - "Term of Office" of a Member of the Tribunal - Whether a Member of the Tribunal is eligible for re-appointment after completion of term of ten years - Held: member of a Tribunal can hold such office for a fixed and definite period of time, i.e. for a period of five years from the date on which he enters upon his office and that period may be extended for one more term of five years - Thus the total term that a o person can hold the office of the Member of the Tribunal is only for a period of 10 years - After completion of 10 years, he does not

Authorities it was built on

1955 Tirath Singh v. Bachittar Singh and Others cited by 20
2002 Ombalika Das and Anr. v. Hulisa Shaw cited by 6
2002 Durgadas Purkyastha v. Union of India and Ors. cited by 2

Where later benches applied it

2016 Kedar Nath Yadav v. State of West Bengal & Ors. relied on
2011 Abhay Singh Chautala v. C.b.i relied on
2024 Sita Soren v. Union of India referred to
2023 Shakti Yezdani & Anr. v. Jayanand Jayant Salgaonkar & Ors. referred to
2022 Nemai Chandra Kumar (d) Thr. Lrs. & Ors v. Mani Square Ltd. & Ors referred to
2012 M/s Purbanchal Cables & Conductors Pvt. Ltd v. Assam State Electricity Board & Another referred to
2014 The Bangalore Turf Club Ltd. v. Regional Director, Employees State Insurance Corporation mentioned

Of those, 2 relied on · 4 referred to · 1 mentioned

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