Supreme Court of India

R.C. Chandel v. High Court of M.P. & Anr.

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Reported as [2012] 7 S.C.R. 205
Bench R.M. Lodha and Anil R. Dave JJ.
Decided 8 August 2012

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What the Court ordered

In view of the above, we are satisfied that the recommendation made by the High Court to the Government for compulsory retirement of the appellant and the order of compulsory retirement issued by the Government do not suffer from any legal flaw.

Judgment, page 30

From the headnote

Service Law - Judicial Service - Compulsory retirement Of appellant-judicial officer after 25 years in judicial service Challenge to - Scope of judicial review - Held: On facts, it ;annot be said that the recommendation made by the Full Court (of the High Court) to the Government for compulsory retirement of the appellant was arbitrary or based on material not germane for such recommendation - Recommendation made by High Court to the Government for compulsory retirement of the appellant and the order of compulsory retirement issued by the Government did not suffer from any legal flaw - In

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 1 relied on · 1 referred to

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