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Saturday, September 18, 2021

Equity in Service Law

It is settled law that there is no scope of equity against statutory rules in service matters. (State of Uttarakhand v. Archana Shukla, (2011) 15 SCC 194) and Ahmedabad Municipal Corpn. v. Virendra Kumar Jayantibhai Patel, (1997) 6 SCC 650 (sympathy or equity is out of place especially where selection is governed by statutory rules)