Supreme Court of India
Dr. V. R. Sanal Kumar v. Union of India & Ors.
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What the Court ordered
We are of the considered view that t he Court cannot be an island and feign oblivion of the pivotal role of a sc ientist/ engineer attached to ISRO and also the role of ISRO as the s pace agency of India.
Judgment, page 22
From the headnote
Service Law: Department of Space Employees (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 1976 – r. 16(iii) – Special procedure in cert ain cases – Dismissal from service without holding any inquiry in the i nterest of the security of the State, invoking power u/r. 16 (iii) – Interference with – Appellant, high profile scientist in Indian Space Research Organisation-ISRO – Disciplinary proceedings agains t the appellant, alleging unauthorized absence from the c ountry for taking post-doctoral research without permission and publication of a technical paper in the Conference in USA as first
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