Supreme Court · 1994 INSC 28 · Decided 25 January 1994
State of U.P. and ORS. Etc v. U.P. State Law Officers Association and ORS. ETC.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1994 INSC 28 · [1994] 1 S.C.R. 348
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 662/1991
- Decided
- 25 January 1994
- Bench
- P.B. SAWANT, N. VENKATACHALA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 14
Headnote
Constitution of India, 1950: Article 14-Law Officers and Brief Holders appointed by State Government to conduct its cases in High Court-Removal of-Held, valid and proper as their appointment was itself arbitrary and was c made in disregard of the Articl~The mode of appointment of lawyers for them to select the most meritorious. Legal Remembrancer's Manual: Chapters V and VI-Law Officers and Brief Holders for conducting cases in High Court-Appointment of-Terms D of contract stipulating that appointment could be terminated at any time without assigning reason-Held, such appointments
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