Supreme Court · 2021 INSC 692 · Decided 29 October 2021
DR. Sushil Kumar Tripathi v. Jagadguru Ram Bhadracharya Handicapped University & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2021 INSC 692 · [2021] 10 S.C.R. 416
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 6255/2021
- Decided
- 29 October 2021
- Bench
- D.Y. CHANDRACHUD, VIKRAM NATH, B.V. NAGARATHNA (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
Service Law - Illegal Termination - UGC under its Tenth Plan issued grants to respondent-University including the grant for one lecturer in the Dept. of Political Science - Appellant appointed to the post of Assistant Professor, Dept. of was terminated later stating that the post was abolished - Writ petition filed by appellant - Dismissed by High Court - On appeal, held: Appointment of the appellant was not contractual in nature and he was being paid annual increments also - But, since he protested
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