Supreme Court of India

Kuldeep Singh v. Commissioner of Police and Ors.

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Reported as [1998] SUPP. 3 S.C.R. 594

Bench S. Saghir Ahmad and S.P. Kurdukar JJ.

Decided 17 December 1998

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What the Court ordered

We are of the opinion that the Enquiry Officer was not right in bringing on record the so-called previous statement of witnesses Radhey Shyam and Rajpal Singh.

Judgment, page 14

From the headnote

Service Law: Delhi Police ( & ) Rules 1980-Rule I6(3)- Natural Justice- Domestic Enquiry-Termination of service-Non-production of witnesses, and ·their previous statements brought on record by Enquiry Officer, whether justified-Held the factors enumerated in the rule constitute a condition- precedent for the exercise of jurisdiction for this purpose-Held farther, the rule to be considered in the light of Article 3 I I (2) to provide reasonable opportunity of hearing to the delinquent-In the facts of the case, held, the enquiry affected by bias, and wholly perverse-Evidence Act I872, Sections

Authorities it was built on

1975 Bharat Iron Works v. Bhagubhai Balubhai Patel & Ors. cited by 6

Where later benches applied it

2020 Chaman Lal v. The State of Himachal Pradesh relied on
2020 Anwar Ali and Another v. The State of Himachal Pradesh relied on
2010 Bharatha Matha & Anr. v. R. Vijaya Renganathan & Ors. relied on
2023 Batliboi Environmental Engineers Limited v. Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited and Another referred to
2021 Guru Dutt Pathak v. State of Uttar Pradesh referred to
2017 Allahabad Bank & Ors. v. Krishna Narayan Tewari referred to
2013 Prem Kaur v. State of Punjab and Ors. referred to

Of those, 3 relied on · 4 referred to

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