Supreme Court · 2003 INSC 145 · Decided 4 March 2003
Jugal Chandra Saikia v. State of Assam and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2003 INSC 145 · [2003] 2 S.C.R. 615
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 5111/2002
- Decided
- 4 March 2003
- Bench
- SHIVARAJ V. PATIL, ARIJIT PASAYAT (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
B Service Law: Compulsory retirement-Order based on recommendation of Screening Committee-Held, High Court was right in upholding the order-Passing an C order of compulsory retirement depends on subjective satisfaction of the competent authority, of course, on objective consideration-Unless it is application of mind or that ''llCh formation of opinion to retire compulsorily was based on no evidence or that the order of compulsory retirement was D totally perverse, the Court cannot interfere. Baikunth Nath Das and Anr. v. Chief District Medical Officer and Anr., [1992) 2 sec 299,
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