Supreme Court · 2025 INSC 1000 · Decided 19 August 2025
Pawan Kumar Tiwary and Others v. Jharkhand State Electricity Board (Now Jharkhand Urja Vikas Nigam Limited) and Others
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2025 INSC 1000 · [2025] 8 S.C.R. 1352
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 10893/2025
- Decided
- 19 August 2025
- Bench
- J.K. MAHESHWARI, ARAVIND KUMAR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 14, 16
Headnote
Whether the findings of the Division Bench with respect to illegality in the appointment of appellants warrant interference; if the appointment is held to be legal, whether they are entitled to Service Law - Cancellation of appointments, en masse - When not justified - Doctrine of severability - Test of individual scrutiny - Appellants' appointments to Class III posts were set aside by High Court primarily on the ground that
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