As medical services are part and parcel of the right to life itself, the Supreme Court has ruled that the medical care and the larger public interest of health would prevail over the right to voluntary retirement by the doctors. The right of retirement is a fundamental right to life. In this regard, the denial of voluntary retirement is permissible under the state rules, as per the service requirement in Uttar Pradesh (UP).
The issue before the top court was under Rule 56 of the UP Fundamental Rules, an employee has right to seek voluntary retirement by serving a three-month notice to the state government. With reference of Article 47 of the constitution states that it is a duty of the state to raise the level of nutrition and standard of living and to improve public health. Furthermore, Article 51A, the court has declared that it is the fundamental duty of every citizen to have…
