STATE OF PUNJAB . vs KARTAR SINGH — C.A. No. 4303/1999

Case Summary: State of Punjab v. Kartar Singh (C.A. No. 4303/1999) On 28 February 2002, the Supreme Court dismissed the State of Punjab's appeal. The High Court had granted Kartar Singh regularisation and pension/terminal benefits based on the Kesar Chand precedent and retrospective Government instructions. The Supreme Court upheld this decision, finding the High Court's reliance on retrospective Government instructions to be valid and declining to interfere with the lower court's order. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.