Supreme Court of India
State of Rajasthan v. Sh. B.K. Meena and Ors.
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What the Court ordered
For the above reasons, it must be held that the Tribunal was in error in staying the disciplinary proceedings pending the criminal proceedings against the respondent.
Judgment, page 11
From the headnote
Service Law: Disciplinary Proceedings--Stay of disciplinary proceedings by Court Tribunal-Not to be a matter of course but a considered decision-Both criminal proceedings and disciplinary proceedings can go simultaneously-No legal bar. Approach and objective in criminal proceedings and the disciplinary proceedings is altogether distinct and diff erent-1he standard of proof, mode of Enquiry and the ntles goveming the Enquiry and Trial in disciplinary proceedings and Criminal proceedings are entirely distinct and dif f erent-Prevention of Corruption Ac~ 1988---Criminal Proceedings. Respondent,
Where later benches applied it
- 2023 State Bank of India v. P. Zadenga
- 2011 The Divisional Controller, Ksrtc v. M.G. Vittal Rao
- 2022 Eastern Coalfields Limited & Ors. v. Rabindra Kumar Bharti
- 2013 Union of India & Anr. v. Ashok Kumar Aggarwal
Of those, 2 relied on · 2 referred to
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