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PETITIONER: THE STATE OF BIHAR
Vs.
RESPONDENT: ABDUL MAJID
DATE OF JUDGMENT: 11/02/1954
BENCH: MAHAJAN, MEHAR CHAND (CJ) BENCH: MAHAJAN, MEHAR CHAND (CJ) MUKHERJEA, B.K. DAS, SUDHI RANJAN BOSE, VIVIAN HASAN, GHULAM
CITATION: 1954 AIR 245 1954 SCR 786 CITATOR INFO : D 1954 SC 493 (6) F 1955 SC 800 (6,9,12) RF 1958 SC 36 (5,9) RF 1958 SC 325 (4) RF 1961 SC 751 (14) RF 1962 SC 8 (4) RF 1962 SC 933 (15) R 1964 SC 72 (4) R 1964 SC 600 (22) R 1969 SC1302 (13) R 1977 SC1466 (24) F 1985 SC1416 (52) R 1991 SC2176 (1,32)
ACT: Civil servant--Wrongful dismissal--Suit for recovery of arrears of salary--Whether competent--Rule of English law--Civil servant--Holding office at the pleasure of Crown--Whether applicable in India.
HEADNOTE: Held, that the rule of English law that a civil servant cannot’ maintain a suit against the State or against the Crown for the 787 recovery of arrears of salary does not prevail in India and it has been negatived by the provisions of the statute law in India. Section 240 of the Government of India Act, 1935, places restrictions and limitations on the exercise of the pleasure of the Crown and these restrictions must be given effect to. They are imperative and ma...