Supreme Court · 2022 INSC 157 · Decided 7 February 2022
R. Muthukumar & ORS. v. The Chairman and Managing Director Tangedco & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2022 INSC 157 · [2022] 1 S.C.R. 577
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1144/2022
- Decided
- 7 February 2022
- Bench
- UDAY UMESH LALIT, S. RAVINDRA BHAT, BELA M. TRIVEDI (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Directions issued
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 14
Headnote
Service Law: Concession-based orders - Public employer conceding in course of proceedings to a compromise - Such compromise, when not justified - Held: Fairness demands that public bodies, as model employers, do not pursue cases, a concession, which is based on law, and accords to a just interpretation of the concerned law and/or rules, is sustainable - However, it is altogether another thing for a public employer, whose conduct is questioned, and who has succeeded on the merits of the case before the lower
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