Supreme Court · 1990 INSC 294 · Decided 20 September 1990
Kumari Shrilekha Vidyarthi ETC. Etc v. State of U.P. and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1990 INSC 294 · [1990] SUPP. 1 S.C.R. 625
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 706/1990
- Decided
- 20 September 1990
- Bench
- J.S. VERMA, R.M. SAHAI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 24; Constitution Article 14
Headnote
VtDY ARTHI ETC. ETC, v. STATE OF U.P. AND ORS. SEPTEMBER 20, 1990 [J.S. VERMA AND R.M. SAHA!, jJ.) Constitution of India, 1950: Article 14-Requirement of fairness in State action-Arbitrariness very negation of rule of law-Contractual obligation cannot divest state of fairness in its action. A the appointment of ail Government Counsel with effect from 28.2.1990 irrespective of the fad whether the term of the incumbent had expired or Was subsisting. At the s~me time the Government directed preparation of fresh panels to make appointments in place of existing incumbents. The
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