STATE OF MAHARASHTRA vs ANITA & ANR ETC.

The Supreme Court addressed the legality of the appointment of Legal Advisors, Law Officers, and Law Instructors in Maharashtra, created under Government Resolutions dated 21.08.2006 and 15.09.2006. The Court upheld the High Court's decision that the contractual nature of these appointments was arbitrary and unreasonable, thus affirming the need for regularization of services. The Court ruled that the appointments should not be merely contractual and directed the State to consider regularization of the respondents' services.