Supreme Court · 2009 INSC 1048 · Decided 17 August 2009
Airports Authority of India v. Rajeev Ratan Pandey & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2009 INSC 1048 · [2009] 13 S.C.R. 343
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 5550/2009
- Decided
- 17 August 2009
- Bench
- TARUN CHATTERJEE, RAJENDRA MAL LODHA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 136, 226
Headnote
-"' SERVICE LAW: Transfer - Writ petition before High Court challenging c order of transfer as violative of transfer policy - Later, a supplementary affidavit filed alleging ma/a fides - High Court by an interim order staying transfer - Held: In matters of transfer of government employees is ~ . limited and courts would not interfere with a transfer order D ~ j._ lightly ~ The burden of proving ma/a fide is on the party w~o alleges it - In the instant case, prima facie, the a/legation of ma/a fide is an after thought - Besides, except a bald statement, there is no convincing and
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