Supreme Court of India
State of Punjab & Anr. v. Brijeshwar Singh Chahal & Anr.
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What the Court ordered
In the result, therefore, we dispose ofTransfer Petition No.
Judgment, page 37
From the headnote
Advocates - Law Officers - Appointment of - By the State Government - Whether the appointment of Law Officers can be questioned or the process, by which such appointments are made, can be assailed on the ground of being arbitrary and hence violative of Art. 14 of the Constitution - Held: The Government as well as the public bodies are trustees of the power vested in them and custodians of public interest - Therefore, the nature of their functions and duties (including the power to engage, employ or recruit servants, agents, advisors and representatives) must be exercised in a fair,
Authorities it was built on
- 1973 E. P. Royappa v. State of Tamil Nadu & Anr.
- 1982 D.S. Nakara & Others v. Union of India
- 1979 Ramana Dayaram Shetty v. The International Airport Authority of India and Ors.
- 1978 Maneka Gandhi v. Union of India
- 1967 S.G. Jaisinghani v. Union of India and Ors.
- 1990 Kumari Shrilekha Vidyarthi Etc. Etc v. State of U.P. and Ors.
- 1989 Dwarkadas Marfatia & Sons v. Board of Trustees of the Port of Bombay
- 1980 Kastori Lal Lakshmi Reddy v. State of Jammu and Kashmir & Another
- 1990 Mahabir Auto Stores & Ors. v. Indian Oil Corporation & Ors.
- 1994 State of U.P. and Ors. Etc v. U.P. State Law Officers Association and Ors. Etc.
- 2004 State of U.p and Anr. v. Johri Mal
- 1990 Km. Neelima Misra v. Dr. Harinder Kaur Paintal and Ors.
Where later benches applied it
- 2019 Lal Bahadur Gautam v. State of U.P. and Others
- 2018 Lok Prahari through its General Secretary v. The State of Uttar Pradesh & Ors.
- 2018 Krishanakant Tamrakar v. The State of Madhya Pradesh
- 2018 Dr. Subhash Kashinath Mahajan v. The State of Maharashtra and Anr.
Of those, 1 relied on · 3 referred to
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