Supreme Court · 1997 INSC 434 · Decided 25 April 1997
State of Punjab v. Justice S.S. Dewan (Retired Chief Justice) and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1997 INSC 434 · [1997] 3 S.C.R. 1027
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 506/1992
- Decided
- 25 April 1997
- Bench
- K. RAMASWAMY, G.T. NANAVATI, K. VENKATASWAMI (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
Service Law : A B c Pu11jab Superior Judicial Service Rules 1963, Rule 16 (as ame11ded}-Judge retiri11g from Pu11jab High Court-Fixatio11 of pe11sion-I11- troductio11 of be11eficiary provision-Applicability of-Held, 11ot available to those already retired si11ce it is a retiral bemfit to make are already i11 service may not leave it and 11ew e11tra11ts may be tempted to joillt it. D Retiral be11efits-llltroductio11 of a be11eficiary provision-Criteria for detenni11atio!l-lleld, illlentio11 of the statute to be see11-lf it is a liberalisa- tion of an existi11g scheme, all
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