Supreme Court · 2014 INSC 479 · Decided 18 December 2014
State of Punjab and Others ETC. v. Rafiq Masih (White Washer) ETC.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2014 INSC 479 · [2014] 13 S.C.R. 1343
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 11527/2014
- Decided
- 18 December 2014
- Bench
- J.S. KHEHAR, ARUN MISHRA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 14to18, 38, 39, 39A, 43, 46, 14
Headnote
1343 STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS ETC. A V. RAFIQ MASIH (WHITE WASHER) ETC. (Civil Appeal No. 11527 of 2014) DECEMBER 18, 2014 (JAGDISH SINGH KHEHAR AND ARUN MISHRA, JJ.) B Service Law- Recovery of monetary benefits- Wrongly extended to the employees - Due to unintentional mistake committed by 14 to 18 and 38, 39, 39A, 43 and 46 of the Constitution, equity and good conscience has to be basis of all governmental actions, in the matter of D livelihood of the people - Recovery of monetary benefit given in excess of entitlement to the employee would be permissible in law, so long it is
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