STATE OF PUNJABversusJUSTICE S.S. DEWAN (RETIRED CHIEF JUSTICE) AND ORS.
1997 INSC 43425 April 1997Appeal(s) allowed
Justice S.S. Dewan, former Chief Justice of the Punjab & Haryana High Court, retired on 31‑12‑1989 and elected pension under Part III of Schedule I of the High Court Judges (Conditions of Service) Act, 1954, governed by the Punjab Superior Judicial Service Rules, 1963. On 20‑Feb‑1990 Rule 16 of those rules was amended …
M.S. CHAWLA AND ORS.versusSTATE OF PUNJAB AND ANR.
2001 INSC 21016 April 2001Dismissed
The appellants, retired District Judges, were appointed as Presidents of District Consumer Forums under Section 10 of the Consumer Protection Act, 1986. The Punjab Government issued an order on 25‑January‑1996 directing that the pension they received as retired judges be deducted from the salary payable as Forum Presid…
STATE OF PUNJAB AND ORS.versusAMAR NATH GOYAL AND ORS.
2005 INSC 35611 August 2005Dismissed
The Supreme Court examined whether the Central and Punjab State Governments could limit the enhanced death‑cum‑retirement gratuity, linked to dearness allowance, to employees who retired or died on or after 1 April 1995. Employees who retired before that date claimed the cut‑off was discriminatory under Article 14. The…