Supreme Court · 1995 INSC 900 · Decided 15 December 1995
Balaji Raghavan S.P. Anand v. Union of India
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1995 INSC 900 · [1995] SUPP. 6 S.C.R. 694
- Case number
- TRANSFERRED CASE (CIVIL) No. 9/1994
- Decided
- 15 December 1995
- Bench
- A.M. AHMADI, KULDIP SINGH, B.P. JEEVAN REDDY, N.P. SINGH, S. SAGHIR AHMAD (5-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 14, 18(1), 51, 18, 51A
Headnote
RAGHAV AN S.P. ANAND v. UNION OF INDIA DECEMBER 15, 1995 [AM. AHMADI, CJ, KULDIP SINGH, B.P. JEEVAN REDDY, N.P. SINGH ANDS. SAGHIR AHMAD, JJ.) Constitution of India, 1950: Articles 14, 18(1) and 51-A(j) Titles-Award of-Prohibition against-Exception-Only in respect of military and academic not amount to titles and are not to be used as suffu:es or prefu:es--Such awards D are not discriminatory but necessary to recognise excellence in peifor­ mance-17ie guidelines for selection of recepients--Amenable to abuse and wholly unsatisfact01y-Number of Awards should be
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