Supreme Court · 1983 INSC 6 · Decided 27 January 1983
State of Gujarat & Another v. Raman Lal Keshav Lal Soni & Others
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1983 INSC 6 · [1983] 2 S.C.R. 287
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 359/1978
- Decided
- 27 January 1983
- Bench
- Y.V. CHANDRACHUD, S. MURTAZA FAZAL ALI, V.D. TULZAPURKAR, O. CHINNAPPA REDDY, A. VARADARAJAN (5-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 14, 311
Headnote
287 Gujarat Panchayat Act, 1961-As amended by the Gujarat Panchayat (Third Amendment) Act, 1978-0fficers and servants of the panchayats-Whether Government servants. Mast~r and servant relations-Tests for the determination of. Constitution of India, 1950, Articles of Government servant-If could be determind retrospectively. Interpretation-Legislature, if has power to take away or impair a consti· tutional right retrospectively. The Gujarat Panchayats Act, 1961 was enacted to consolidate and amend the law relating to village panchayats and
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