Parliamentary power to vary service conditions permits alteration or revocation of pre-Constitution civil service pension and disciplinary rights. Parliament may by law vary or revoke, prospectively or retrospectively, conditions of service including remuneration, leave, pension and disciplinary rights of persons appointed by the Secretary of State to a Crown civil service in India before the Constitution and who continue to serve or had retired, subject to a proviso protecting certain high office holders from disadvantage and preserving other legislative powers; courts are barred from jurisdiction over disputes arising from appointment covenants or under Article 314 as originally enacted.
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Parliamentary power to vary service conditions permits alteration or revocation of pre-Constitution civil service pension and disciplinary rights.
Parliament may by law vary or revoke, prospectively or retrospectively, conditions of service including remuneration, leave, pension and disciplinary rights of persons appointed by the Secretary of State to a Crown civil service in India before the Constitution and who continue to serve or had retired, subject to a proviso protecting certain high office holders from disadvantage and preserving other legislative powers; courts are barred from jurisdiction over disputes arising from appointment covenants or under Article 314 as originally enacted.
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