Supreme Court · 2009 INSC 761 · Decided 8 May 2009
State of West Bengal & ANR. v. West Bengal REGN. Copy Writers ASSN. & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2009 INSC 761 · [2009] 8 S.C.R. 334
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 3414/2009
- Decided
- 8 May 2009
- Bench
- TARUN CHATTERJEE, V.S. SIRPURKAR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 309, 226
Headnote
" West Bengal Registration (Copywriters) Rules, 1999 - Copywriters - Grant of license under the Rules - Status of c copywriters - Held: There is no master-servant relationship between copywriters and State Government- Copywriters are mere licensees - Grant of license does not amount - It cannot clothe them with the status of Government servant - They were not doing any government duty nor there )< D was absolute control over their working - They were not paid from public exchequer - Copywriters not on Government establishment under Rules formulated under Article 309 - On
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