Supreme Court · 2000 INSC 601 · Decided 15 December 2000
Bishwanath Prasad Singh ETC. v. Sta Te of Bihar and Ors
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2000 INSC 601 · [2000] SUPP. 5 S.C.R. 718
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 419/2000
- Decided
- 15 December 2000
- Bench
- A.S. ANAND, R.C. LAHOTI, SHIVARAJ V. PATIL (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution
Headnote
Service Law: Superannuation-Age of-Judicial Officer challenging the decision not to confer on him the benefit of enhancement of the age of superannuation from 58 years to 60 years-Contention that such a benefit granted by Supreme Court and it has the effect of amending the service rules and officers to 60 years-Tenability D of-Held, by force of the judgement judicial officer does not acquire a right to continue in service upto the extended age of 60 years-It is only a benefit conferred on the judicial officers subject to an evaluation as to their continued utility to the
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