Supreme Court of India

Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences & Anr. v. Bikartan Das & Ors.

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Reported as [2023] 11 S.C.R. 731

Bench Dr. Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud and J.B. Pardiwala JJ.

Decided 16 August 2023

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What the Court ordered

In view of the aforesaid discussion, we have reach ed to the conclusion that the impugned order passed by the Hig h Court is not sustainable in law and the same deserves to be set aside.

Judgment, page 57

From the headnote

Issue for consideration: High Court, if erred in setting aside the order passed by the Central Administrative Tribunal and holding that respondent No.1 was entitled to the beneﬁ t of enhancement of retirement age from 60 to 65 years as applicable to the AYUSH doctors working under the Ministry of AYUSH. Service Law – Grant of beneﬁ t of enhancement of retirement age – Unsustainability: Held: Respondent No.1 was appointed as a Research Assistant by the appellant-Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences ( CCRAS) and was functioning as a Researcher under the Research Council and his

Authorities it was built on

1963 Syed Yakoob v. K.S. Radhakrishnan & Others cited by 34
1952 Veerappa Pillai v. Raman & Raman Ltd. and Others. cited by 23
1959 Satyanarayan Laxminarayan Hegde and Others v. Millikarjun Bhavanappa Tirumale cited by 10
1952 Ebrahim Aboobakar and Another v. Custodian General of Evacuee Property. cited by 4
1996 Union Territory, Chandigarh v. Krishan Bhandari cited by 3

Where later benches applied it

2024 Navneet Kaur Harbhajansing Kundles @ Navneet Kaur Ravi Rana v. State of Maharashtra and Others referred to

Of those, 1 referred to

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