Supreme Court of India

Bses Yamuna Power Ltd. v. Sh. Ghanshyam Chand Sharma & Anr.

Neutral citation
Reported as [2019] 14 S.C.R. 546
Bench Dr Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud and Hrishikesh Roy JJ.
Decided 5 December 2019

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.

4 Supreme Court benches have cited this judgment.

What the Court ordered

For the above reasons, we accordingly allow the appeal and set aside the impugned order of the High Court of Delhi dated 26 May 2017.

Judgment, page 10

From the headnote

Service Law: Pension – Claim for – Denied on the ground that the employee had forfeited his past services, by resigning – Challen ged – High Court held that the employee was entitled to pensionar y benefit as he had completed twenty years of service’ the legal effect of his resignation letter would amount to voluntary retirement – ppeal to Supreme Court – Held: There is distinction between ‘resig nation’ and ‘voluntary retirement’ – As per Pension Rules resignation entails forfeiture of past service – The employee having o pted for ‘resignation’ cannot claim pensionary benefit on th e ground

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.