Supreme Court of India

Nihal Singh & Others v. State of Punjab & Others

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Reported as [2013] 11 S.C.R. 1
Bench H.L. Gokhale and J. Chelameswar JJ.
Decided 7 August 2013

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Service Law - Regularisation - Appointment of appellants ex-servicemen as Special Police Officers (SPOs) in terms of the procedure uls. 17 of the Act - Claim of appellants for regularisation - Rejected - Legality - Held: Recruitment of appellants was made in the background of terrorism prevailing in the State of Punjab at that time - Decision to resort to procedure uls. 17 was taken at the highest level of the State by conscious choice to provide necessary c:5 security to the pµblic sector banks - Process of selection adopted in identifying the appellants was not unreasonable or arbitrary -

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