Supreme Court · 2015 INSC 1006 · Decided 24 July 2015
Union of India & ORS. v. A.K. Behl, Avsm, PHS ETC.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2015 INSC 1006 · [2015] 8 S.C.R. 396
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 9382/2014
- Decided
- 24 July 2015
- Bench
- T.S. THAKUR, R.K. AGRAWAL, ADARSH KUMAR GOEL (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution
Headnote
Service Law: Tenure post - Fixed tenure - As provided in Order No. 10(14)06/D(Med) dated 2()1h April, 2007 - Applicable to 0 AFMS officers of the rank of Lt. General and its equivalent as well as to Director General Armed Force Medical Services - Constitutional validity of-Armed prescription of fixed tenure by the order dated 20.4.2007 was ultra vires the Constitution - On appeal, held: The courts E should exercise restraint in interfering with prescription of retirement age in public service unless such prescription is arbitrary and irrational - The tenure rule was
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