Supreme Court · 1999 INSC 266 · Decided 24 May 1999
State of Rajasthan and ORS. v. Rajasthan Judicial Service Officers Association and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1999 INSC 266 · [1999] 3 S.C.R. 798
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 54/1997
- Decided
- 24 May 1999
- Bench
- SUJATA V. MANOHAR, R.C. LAHOTI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 235, 309
Headnote
Service law : C Judiciary-Judicial Officers-Prescribed dress (black jacket and bands)-Reasons for-Dress allowance-Entitlement-On account of-Held: Prescribed dress by itself does not entitle a judicial officer to claim dress allowance-Further, reasons for which dress allowance is granted to lower is for the National Judicial D Pay Commission to determine quantum of dress allowance-Reasons for prescribed dress, mentioned Judiciary-Judicial Officers-Pay and allowances-Grant of-By judicial directions-Held : Against constitutional discipline because responsibility of deciding appropriate
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