Supreme Court · 1971 INSC 128 · Decided 27 April 1971
Indian Airlines Corporation v. Sukhdeo Rai
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1971 INSC 128 · [1971] SUPP. 1 S.C.R. 510
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1171/1967
- Decided
- 27 April 1971
- Bench
- J.M. SHELAT, VISHISHTHA BHARGAVA, I.D. DUA (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 311(2)
Headnote
Air Corporation Act, 1953-Sections 44, 45-Regulation framed under the Act providing terms and conditlom of service of employees­ Termination of service in breach of regulations-Relationship between Corporation and its employee~ that of master and servant-Therefore, only entitled to damages. H Master and &;vant-Employees of statutory corporation-Regula­ tions framed under statute only embody terms and conditiom of service. The appellant is a Corporation set up under the Air Corporation Act, 1953. The Act authorises the corporation to appoint officers and other employees
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