Supreme Court · 1987 INSC 369 · Decided 10 December 1987
Tekraj Vasandi Alias K.L. Basandhi v. Union of India & Others
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1987 INSC 369 · [1988] 2 S.C.R. 260
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 4959/1984
- Decided
- 10 December 1987
- Bench
- RANGANATH MISRA, S. RANGANATHAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 12, 311, 14, 16
Headnote
Service matter-Dismissal from service as a result of disciplinary action-Institute of Constitutional and Parliamentary Studies-Whe­ ther 'State' within the meaning of Article 12 of the Constitution. C The appellant, an employee of the Institute of Constitutional and Parliamentary Studies as a result of disciplinary action. He challenged the dismissal order by a writ petition before the High Court. The question whether the I.C.P.S. was a 'State' within the meaning of Article 12 of the Constitution arose for consideration D as a major issue in the matter before the High Court. A
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