No Authority Can Claim Privilege Not To Comply With SC Judgment: SC [Read Judgment]

Ashok Kini

28 Jan 2019 5:56 PM IST

"CSIR by reason of its autonomy may have certain administrative privileges. No authority can, however, claim a privilege not to comply with a judgment of this Court. CSIR was no exception."

The Supreme Court has observed that no authority can claim a privilege not to comply with its judgment. The bench comprising Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice Hemant Gupta made this observation while allowing an appeal filed by an employee of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). In this case, the employee had approached the Tribunal contending that the failure...

No Authority Can Claim Privilege Not To Comply With SC Judgment: SC [Read Judgment]

Ashok Kini

"CSIR by reason of its autonomy may have certain administrative privileges. No authority can, however, claim a privilege not to comply with a judgment of this Court. CSIR was no exception."

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