Supreme Court of India

Savita Samved v. Union of India

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Bench Punchhi and M.m JJ.
Decided 30 January 1996

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What the Court ordered

For the reasons stated above, this appeal is allowed and direction is issued to the respondents to grant regularization of the quarter in favour of the first appellant with effect from the date of retirement of the second appellant and regulate/re-adjust the charges on account of house rent accordingly.

Judgment, page 4

From the headnote

JUDGMENT: J U M N T Punchhi, J. Special leave granted. This appeal voices a cry for gender justice. The two appellants before us are a married daughter and father. The second appellant was in service of the Indian Railways. While in service, he was allotted quarter No. 30/3, Railway Colony, Kishan Ganj, Delhi. He was due to retire on 31.12.1993. It is a different matter that he was permitted to retain the railway quarter for the maximum permissible period of eight months thereafter upto 31.8.1994.

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