Supreme Court of India
A.C. Thalwal v. High Court of Himachal Pradesh and Ors.
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What the Court ordered
For the foregoing reasons it is held that the Ex-Servicemen (Reservation of Vacancies in the Himachal Pradesh Judicial Service) Rules, 1981 are ultra vires the Constitution and hence void.
Judgment, page 11
From the headnote
c .Constitution of India-Article 234-Consultation with the High Courts Appellant claimed benefit of seniority and pay fixation on the basis of Reservation Rules notified against opinion of the Full Court-Benefit given as per order of the High Court-Writ petition filed against decision dismissed, thereafter SLP also dismissed-Further benefit also granted by High Court which was again challenged by two sets of writ petitions questioning validity of the Reservation Rules-Writ Petitions allowed-On appeal Held, consulta tion contemplated is not a mere formality, it has to be effective and…
Where later benches applied it
Of those, 1 disapproved
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