Supreme Court of India

Jaswant Singh v. State of Punjab and Ors.

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Reported as [1990] SUPP. 3 S.C.R. 354
Bench K. Jagannatha Shetty and A.M. Ahmadi JJ.
Decided 27 November 1990

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What the Court ordered

In the result we allow this appeal, set aside the order of the High t) Court and quash the impugned order of dismissal dated April 7, 1981 and direct that the appellant shall be re-instated in service forthwith with all monetary benefits as to pay, allowances, etc., available to him from the date of his dismissal.

Judgment, page 11

From the headnote

Constitution of India, 1950: Article 311 (2) Second Proviso clause (b )-Dismissal under-Dispensing with departmental enquiry-Re­ asoning-subjective satisfaction of the authority-Whether open to Judi­ cial Review. Service Law: Civil Services: Punjab Police Rules-Rule 16.2- Dismissal from service-Dispensing with departmental enquiry contem­ plated under Article 311(2) of the Constitution-Reasonable Practica­ bility of holding an enquiry-Absence vf independent materials justify­ ing the dispensation-Consequent dismissal order-Sustainability of. The appellant, a Policeman, was dismissed from

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