Supreme Court · 1960 INSC 116 · Decided 1 August 1960
Pandit M. S. M. Sharma v. DR. Shree Krishna Sinha and OTHERS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1960 INSC 116 · [1961] 1 S.C.R. 96
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 176/1959
- Decided
- 1 August 1960
- Bench
- BHUVNESHWAR PRASAD SINHA, SYED JAFFER IMAM, P.B. GAJENDRAGADKAR, A.K. SARKAR, K. SUBBA RAO, K.N. WANCHOO, K.C. DAS GUPTA, J.C. SHAH (8-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 311, 194(3), 19(1)(a), 32
Headnote
COURT REPORTS [1961] Dalip Singh v. The Slale of Punjab Das Gupta f• August I. observation. It·had.not in that case to deal with a·rule w.liich did provide for compulsory retirement, at any age w·hatsoever irrespective of the length of. service put in. It will not be' the meaning of Art. 311. . }Ve are therefore oI opinion that the High Court was right in holding that the order of compulsory retire­ ment made against the appellant was not removal from service so as to attract the provisions of Art. 311 of the Constitution and that the suit was rightly
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