Supreme Court · 1987 INSC 89 · Decided 30 March 1987
Miss Lena Khan v. Union of India & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1987 INSC 89 · [1987] 2 S.C.R. 727
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 231/1987
- Decided
- 30 March 1987
- Bench
- V. KHALID, G.L. OZA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 14, 15, 12, 32
Headnote
B Constitution of India, 1950-Articles 14 and 15-Retirement­ Different age fvced for employees of Indian origin and foreign origin­ Whether permissible. Constitution of India-Article 12-Air India-Whether falls C within the definition of" State"-An instrumentality or agency of Constitution. Constitution of India-Article 14--Air Hostesses and Deputy D Chief Air Hostess-Having regard to the nature of duties performed by them-Whether belong to the same class. U.K. Sex Discrimination Act, I975, s. 6(4)-To have the same age of retirement for the Air Hostesses recruited
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