Legal Street registered trademark

Supreme Court of India

State of Punjab v. Saul Sabhlok and Ors.

Neutral citation
Reported as [2013] 5 S.C.R. 18
Bench A.K. Patnaik and Madan B. Lokur JJ.
Decided 15 February 2013

INSC stands for INDIAN SUPREME COURT. A neutral citation scheme assigned by the Court itself, so a judgment can be cited without depending on a commercial law reporter. INSC is the neutral citation scheme assigned by the Supreme Court, so a judgment can be cited without depending on a commercial law reporter.

5 Supreme Court benches have cited this judgment.

What the Court ordered

We are of the view that these questions need to be considered by a Bench of three Hon'ble Judges.

Judgment, page 89

From the headnote

Constitution of India, 1950 - Arts.226, 316 and 320 - State Public Service Commission - Appointment of Chairman - Interference u/Art.226 of the Constitution- Scope - Held: High Court should not normally, in exercise of its power u!Art.226, interfere with the discretion of the State Government in selecting and appointing the Chairman of the State Public Service Commission - But in an exceptional case, if'it is shown-that relevan,.t factors implied from the very nature of the duties entrusted to Public Service Commissions u!Art.320 have not been considered by the State Governmen't in selecting

Authorities it was built on

Where later benches applied it

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

Sign in free to read it

  • The full judgment, page by page, as published in the Supreme Court Reports
  • The ratio: what the Court held, verbatim, with the page it sits on
  • Every bench that relied on it, and every bench that argued against it
  • Search every reported judgment, by party, citation or question
  • Download the PDF, copy pinpoint citations ready for a filing
Sign in to read - for free

An email address, no password.