Supreme Court of India

State of Rajasthan v. Sh. B.K. Meena and Ors.

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Reported as [1996] SUPP. 7 S.C.R. 68
Bench B.P. Jeevan Reddy J.
Decided 27 September 1996

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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

Of those, 2 relied on · 2 referred to

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