Supreme Court · 2009 INSC 382 · Decided 20 March 2009
State of Bihar v. Upendra Narayan Singh & Others
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2009 INSC 382 · [2009] 4 S.C.R. 866
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1741/2009
- Decided
- 20 March 2009
- Bench
- MARKANDEY KATJU, G.S. SINGHVI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 14, 16
Headnote
R 866 A STATE OF BIHAR v UPENDRA NARAYAN SINGH & OTHERS Civil Appeal No.17 41 of 2009 B MARCH 20, 2009 (MARKANDEY KAT JU AND G.S. SINGHVI, JJ.) Service Law: Employment Exchanges (Compulsory Notification of ~ c Vacancies) Act. 1959: Large no. of appointments made on adhoc basis without - On appeal, Held: The initial appointments were made in gross violation of the doctrine of equality enshrined in Articles 14 and 16 of the Constitution and the provisions of the 1959 Act- Orders of the Single Judge and Division Bench of the High Court set aside - Constitution E of India,
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