Supreme Court of India
Dr. V. R. Sanal Kumar v. Union of India & Ors.
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What the Court ordered
We are of the considered view that the Court cannot be an island and feign oblivion of the pivotal role of a scientist/ engineer attached to ISRO and also the role of ISRO as the space agency of India.
Judgment, page 22
From the headnote
Service Law: Department of Space Employees (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 1976 – r. 16(iii) – Special procedure in certain cases – Dismissal from service without holding any inquiry in the interest of the security of the State, invoking power u/r. 16 (iii) – Interference with – Appellant, high profile scientist in Indian Space Research Organisation-ISRO – Disciplinary proceedings against the appellant, alleging unauthorized absence from the country for taking post-doctoral research without permission and publication of a technical paper in the Conference in USA as first author…
Authorities it was built on
- 1994 S.R. Bommai v. Union of India and Ors.
- 1985 Union of India and Another v. Tulsiram Patel and Others
- 1975 Divisional Personnel Officer, Southern Railway & Anr. v. T. R. Challappan
- 1983 The Municipal Corporation of the City of Ahmedabad v. Ben Hiraben Manilal
- 1995 A.K. Kaul and Anr. v. Union of India
- 2011 Union of India and Anr. v. M.M. Sharma
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