Supreme Court of India
Nihal Singh & Others v. State of Punjab & Others
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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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Where later benches applied it
- 2018 Mahesh Chandra Verma v. The State of Jharkhand Through: its Chief Secretary & Ors.
- 2015 Amarkant Rai v. State of Bihar & Ors.
- 2023 The Government of Tamil Nadu and Anr. Etc. Etc. v. Tamil Nadu Makkal Nala Paniyalargal and Ors. Etc. Etc
Of those, 1 relied on · 1 referred to · 1 not applicable
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