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| Citation | (2013) 6 SCC 336 |
| Court | Supreme Court of India |
| Date | 18 March 2013 |
| Year | 2013 |
| Bench | K.S. Radhakrishnan, Dipak Misra JJ. |
| Acts/Articles | Article 14, Article 21 |
| Category | Service & Employment Law |
Key Principle Established
Temporary or contractual employees who have worked for years cannot be terminated without following principles of natural justice. However, regularization cannot be claimed as of right.
A temporary employee who had served for several years was terminated without hearing. He challenged the termination as violative of natural justice principles.
The Court balanced the Umadevi principles with natural justice requirements:
This judgment provides important protection to long-serving contractual employees against arbitrary termination while maintaining the Umadevi bar on automatic regularization.
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