Supreme Court · 2003 INSC 81 · Decided 13 February 2003
Kunal Singh v. Union of India and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2003 INSC 81 · [2003] 1 S.C.R. 1059
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1789/2000
- Decided
- 13 February 2003
- Bench
- SHIVARAJ V. PATIL, H.K. SEMA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Service Rules
Headnote
B Service law: Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and c Full Participation) Act, 1995; Sections 2 and 47: Injury caused to employee during employment-Invalidated from service on ground of permanent ~ incapacity-Challenge t()-Writ Petition dismissed by High that advances the object of the Act and serves its purpose must be preferred to the one which obstructs the object and paralyse the purpose- D Merely because the disabled employee got invalidity pension is no ground to deny the protection mandatorily made available under the Act -Employer to
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