Supreme Court of India

P.C. Joshi v. State of U.P. and Ors.

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Reported as [2001] SUPP. 1 S.C.R. 369
Bench S. Rajendra Babu and Doraiswamy Raju JJ.
Decided 8 August 2001

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Service law: Judicial officer-Misconduct-Termination of service-Tests to be adopted-Held, initiation of disciplinary proceedings is not warranted merely because the order is wrong or a different action could have been taken-Bona fide erroneous exercise of judicial powers is not misconduct at all. The appellant-Judicial Officer filed a writ petition before the High Court challenging the termination of his services on the grounds that the charges levelled against him do not constitute misconduct and that the findings recorded in the inquiry are based on conjectures and surmises and not on

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Of those, 3 relied on · 1 distinguished · 1 referred to

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