Orissa High Court Banshidhar Baug Supreme Court ruling

The judgment addresses the legality of the Orissa High Court’s administrative decision to deny regularization of a daily wage employee. The Supreme Court set aside the orders of the High Court’s Single and Division Benches, holding that the respondent had no legal entitlement to regularization as his appointment was not in accordance with constitutional and statutory provisions. The Court emphasized that sympathy cannot replace legality in service matters.