Supreme Court of India

Amit Kumar Roy v. Union of India & Ors.

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Reported as [2019] 9 S.C.R. 885
Bench Dr. Dhananja Ya Y. Chandrachud and Hemant Gupta JJ.
Decided 3 July 2019

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Judgment, page 20

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Service Law: Right to depart from service – Of person enr olled as a member of Air Force – Held: person who has been enr olled as a member of Air For ce does not have an unqualified right u/Ar t. 19(1)(g) of the Constitution to depar t fr om ser vice at his/her own will during the term of engagement – The inter est of ser vice ar e of paramount importance – balance needs to be drawn between the inter est of service and r equests of enr olled persons to take civilian employment – Such balance is r eflected in Air For ce Or ders – In the pr esent case ther e was failur e on par t of the

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