When may a writ court look behind a departmental inquiry? When a disciplinary finding rests on guesswork and no evidence stands behind it, the Supreme Court has held, and it can do so without re-weighing the record. New Delhi: A university Deputy Registrar whose removal a Madras High Court Division Bench had restored has won […]
Misconduct upheld, removal undone: the Allahabad High Court has found the removal of a court employee over a single incident outside working hours, after more than two decades of service, shockingly disproportionate, and has set aside the penalty while leaving the findings of misconduct undisturbed. Lucknow: Setting aside the removal from service of a Deputy […]
Timing alone does not prove mala fides, the Central Administrative Tribunal has held in refusing to quash disciplinary proceedings against an IPS officer accused of involvement in a plot to impersonate a former Patna High Court Chief Justice. The State has been asked to try to finish the inquiry within six months. Patna: A charge […]
Refusing to interfere with a 10% lifetime pension cut imposed on three retired police officials who left the spot of a violent protest in 2011, after which a Sub-Inspector was attacked by a mob and died, the Rajasthan High Court held that the Disciplinary Authority had found grave negligence and had complied with the disciplinary […]
The Patna High Court set aside departmental proceedings and an enquiry report against two Deputy Registrars of Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University, Pusa, holding that the charge memo was issued without fresh approval of the Board of Management as required by Rule 14(3) of the CCS (CCA) Rules and Article 311.
The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has upheld the dismissal of a Grade-II Warden of the Central Prison, Madurai, holding that in the absence of a presenting officer the enquiry officer may put clarificatory questions to witnesses, and that the limited scope of judicial review did not warrant interference.
The Allahabad High Court declined to examine the charges against a suspended in-charge headmaster at the writ stage, holding that his explanation must be raised as a defence in the departmental enquiry. The suspension order was kept in abeyance and the enquiry directed to be concluded within 15 days.
