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Balmer Lawrie & Co. Ltd. & Ors. v. Partha Sarathi Sen Roy & Ors.

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Reported as [2013] 4 S.C.R. 1018
Bench Dr. B.S. Chauhan and V. Gopala Gowda JJ.
Decided 20 February 2013

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Constitution of India, 1950 -Art. 12 - Instrumentality and agency of Government - Determination - Criteria - Discussed and held: The Company in question is an authority u/Art. 12. Contract - Contract of employment - Amenability to judicial review - Held: Unfair, untenable, irrational or unjust clause in a contract hit by s.23 of Contract Act and against 0 public policy, is amenable to judicial review - In the present case employment contract providing termination of service of employee at the sole discretion of the employer is not justifiable - Hence the contract held void to that extent -

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