Supreme Court of India

Smt. Sarojini Ramaswami v. Union of India and Anr.

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Reported as [1992] SUPP. 1 S.C.R. 108

Bench J.S. Verma, N.M. Kasliwal, K. Ramaswamy, K. Jayachandra Reddy and S.C. Agrawal JJ.

Decided 27 August 1992

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What the Court ordered

For the aforesaid reasons, this Writ Petition is dis posed of by declaring the law as contained in the judgment.

Judgment, page 84

From the headnote

Judges (Inquiry) Act, 1968: Sections 3(2), 4(1), (2)(3) and 6(1)(2)(3). Judges (Inquiry) Rules, 1969: Rules 6, 8, 9, 10, 11. Supreme Court Judge-Alleged misbehaviour, Financial improprities and irregularities-Enquiry Committee Report of-Submission to Speake,._ Judge concemed whether entitled to copy of Report before submission to Speake/<-fudge concemed-Whether entitled to opportunity of hearing before Parliament-Report of Inquiry Committee-Finding of 'Not guilty'- Effect of-Finding of 'guilty'-Whether open to judicial review-Report of Enquiry Committee-Whether can be equated with sanction

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1954 Durga Shankar Mehta v. Thakur Raghuraj Singh and Others. cited by 41

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Of those, 3 referred to · 4 mentioned

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