Supreme Court of India

State Bank of India & Ors. Etc. v. S. Vijaya Kumar & Ors. Etc.

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Reported as [1990] 3 S.C.R. 398
Bench L.M. Sharma J.
Decided 18 July 1990

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What the Court ordered

In the result the appeals filed by the State Bank of India in the case of Vijaya Kumar and T. Dayakar Rao are allowed, the impugned orders passed by the High Court are set aside and the cases are remanded to the High Court for deciding the writ petitions on other points in accordance with law.

Judgment, page 15

From the headnote

State Bank of India Act, 1955 /State Bank of India (Supervising Staff) Service Rules. 1975 !State Bank of India General Regulations 1955-Sections 43, 49, 50( 1)/Regulation 55(2)(a)-Order of dismissal not to be passed by an authority lower than the appointing authority. common question of law viz., whether an order of dismissal against an employee, could validly be passed by an authority lower than the appointing authority of the Bank, arises for determination in these three appeals, two by the State Bank of India and the third by an employee. Respondent, Vijaya Kumar in Civil Appeal 3392 of

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