Supreme Court · 1979 INSC 184 · Decided 17 September 1979
C. B. Muthamma v. Union of India & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1979 INSC 184 · [1980] 1 S.C.R. 668
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 743/1979
- Decided
- 17 September 1979
- Bench
- V.R. KRISHNA IYER, P.N. SHINGAL (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 32
Headnote
F G • I 668 C. B. MUTHAMMA v. UNION OF INDIA &. ORS. September 17, 1979 [V. R. KRISHNA IYER AND P. N. SHINGHAL, JJ.J Consritution of India-'-Articles 14 & 16-Scope of. The petitioner is a senior member of the Indian Foreign Service and com­ plains that she had been denied time of joining the foreign service that if she were to get married, she would resign from the service (iii) had to face the consequences of being a woman and thus suffered discrimination and (iv) the members of the appointment com­ mittee, of the Union cabinet and respondent No. 2 are
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