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Disciplinary proceedings

Case BriefsSupreme Court

Read SC’s opinion on HC’s developing a practice of calling upon Public Officers at drop of a hat and exerting direct or indirect pressure

Supreme Court: The Division Bench of Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Hemant Gupta, JJ., while addressing the matter, expressed that, The public officers

Published on July 12, 2021July 16, 2021By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsSupreme Court

Whether punishment justified where the authority imposing punishment and approving it, is the same person? Supreme Court clarifies

Supreme Court: The 3-Judge Bench comprising of Uday Umesh Lalit, Hemant Gupta* and S. Ravindra Bhat, JJ., addressed the instant appeal filed

Published on April 8, 2021April 8, 2021By Editor_4
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Case BriefsSupreme Court

Railway Protection Force officer fails to detect & prevent thefts. SC answers if his compulsory retirement is justified or not

“A police officer in the Railway Protection Force is required to maintain a high standard of integrity in the discharge of his official functions.”

Published on November 28, 2020December 15, 2020By Prachi Bhardwaj
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Case BriefsSupreme Court

Police constable acquitted in a murder case but dismissed from service after a related disciplinary enquiry. Read why SC upheld the dismissal

Involvement of a member of the police service in a heinous crime, if established, has a direct bearing on the confidence of society in the police.

Published on October 30, 2020November 6, 2020By Prachi Bhardwaj
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Pat HC | Court while exercising jurisdiction of judicial review, cannot examine sufficiency of reasons for satisfaction of competent authority in initiating disciplinary proceedings against delinquent employees

Patna High Court: In a petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution for issuance of a writ of certiorari, Birendra Kumar,

Published on October 21, 2020October 23, 2020By Editor_4
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Case BriefsSupreme Court

Can strict rules of evidence be applied to disciplinary proceedings? Here’s what SC says

Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of NV Ramana, SA Nazeer and Surya Kant, JJ has elaborately discussed the power of the Disciplinary

Published on September 12, 2020By Prachi Bhardwaj
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Hot Off The PressNews

MHA initiates disciplinary proceedings against 4 officers of GNCTD for dereliction of duty regarding containment of COVID-19

It has been brought to the notice of the competent authority that the following officers, who were responsible to ensure strict compliance

Published on March 29, 2020April 1, 2020By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Ker HC | Chargesheet cannot be quashed prior to the conclusion of departmental enquiry, merely on the ground that facts stated in the charge are erroneous

Kerala High Court: A Division Bench of C.T. Ravikumar and V.G. Arun, JJ. dismissed a petition seeking quashing of disciplinary proceedings on

Published on August 14, 2019August 14, 2019By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Pat HC | Application for voluntary retirement does not need a specific order of acceptance by authority concerned, to give legal effect to retirement of employee

Patna High Court: A Division Bench of Amreshwar Pratap Sahi and Anjana Mishra, JJ. dismissed an appeal for voluntary retirement filed against

Published on July 20, 2019July 26, 2019By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

MP HC | Period of suspension for disciplinary proceedings to be treated as “no work no pay”; appeal against order sustained

Madhya Pradesh High Court: G.S. Ahluwalia, J. contemplated a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, where the petition

Published on July 2, 2019July 4, 2019By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsSupreme Court

Employee is entitled to full back wages if charges against him are found to be malicious

Supreme Court: The bench of L Nageswara Rao and MR Shah, JJ held that a man, by virtue of the disciplinary proceedings

Published on April 1, 2019April 5, 2019By Prachi Bhardwaj
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Pat HC | Court cannot exercise jurisdiction in a matter where departmental proceedings are pending against employee and no final order has been given therein

Patna High Court: The Bench of Madhuresh Prasad, J. dismissed a civil writ petition filed by an employee against whom disciplinary proceedings

Published on February 2, 2019February 2, 2019By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Gau HC | Suspension order declared unsustainable due to the absence of  “Memorandum of Charges”

Gauhati High Court: The Bench comprising of Achintya Malla Bujor Barua, J. while pronouncing an order in regard to the issue of

Published on January 4, 2019January 14, 2019By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Workers entitled to payment of suspension allowance during pendency of disciplinary enquiry to keep body and soul together: Bom HC

Bombay High Court: A Division Bench comprising of R.M. Savant and Nitin W. Sambre, JJ. allowed a petition filed by a suspended worker

Published on November 14, 2018November 16, 2018By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Grant of inter-state transfer to employee covered by disciplinary proceedings only at volition of employer

Hyderabad High Court: A Division Bench comprising of Thottathil B. Radhakrishnan, CJ. and Ramesh Ranganathan, J., declared that to be transferred, even

Published on November 8, 2018November 16, 2018By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Employee not entitled to insist on inter-State transfer while disciplinary proceedings are pending against him

Hyderabad High Court: A Division Bench comprising of Thottathil B. Radhakrishnan, CJ. and Ramesh Ranganathan, J., dismissed a writ petition filed by

Published on July 31, 2018August 1, 2018By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsTribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

Documents pertaining to disciplinary proceedings fall under personal information

Central Information Commission (CIC): CIC has rejected an appeal where the appellant requested the CPIO of Sarva Haryana Gramin Bank, Rohtak, to

Published on May 19, 2018June 29, 2018By Saba
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Termination order quashed on finding illegal disciplinary proceedings held against petitioner

Allahabad High Court: A Single-Judge Bench comprising of Hon’ble Siddharth, J. quashed the impugned termination order against the petitioner. As per the

Published on April 30, 2018June 19, 2018By Saba
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Case BriefsSupreme Court

BCI, while exercising original jurisdiction on transfer of a complaint, cannot remand the complaint to the State Bar Council

Supreme Court: Dealing with the question as to whether after transfer of a disciplinary proceeding, as per the mandate enshrined under Section

Published on April 6, 2017April 15, 2017By Prachi Bhardwaj
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Article 311 of the Constitution applies only to civil posts, not to autonomous bodies

Delhi High Court: In the instant writ petition, the petitioner challenged the order of disciplinary authority whereby the petitioner had been inflicted the

Published on February 28, 2017March 16, 2017By Saba
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