Supreme Court of India

Pavanendra Narayan Verma v. Sanjay Gandhi P.G.I. of Medical Sciences and Anr. Novembers, 2001

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Reported as [2001] SUPP. 5 S.C.R. 41

Bench G.B. Pattanaik J.

Decided 5 November 2001

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Service Law : Person employed in civil capacities-Dismissal of-Employee appointed on probation-Such probationary period extended from time to time-Subse quently, services of employee terminated-Prior to termination inquiry was held to assess the suitability of the employee to be con.firmed in service Correctness of-Held : Enquiry held prior to tem1ination has not turned the order of termination into one of punishment-Employer is entitled to hold an inquiry to satisfy itself as to the competence of a probationer to be confirmed in service-Hence, termination order, not being punitive or

Authorities it was built on

2001 H.F. Sangati v. R.G. High Court of Karnataka and Ors. cited by 3

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2015 Ratnesh Kumar Choudhary v. Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna, Biharand Others relied on
2025 Sarita Choudhary v. High Court of Madhya Pradesh & Another referred to
2023 The State of Punjab and Others v. Jaswant Singh referred to
2022 Abhay Jain v. The High Court of Judicature for Rajasthan and Anr referred to
2019 Bahuddeshiya Vikas Sanstha through President B.B. Karanjekar & Ors. v. Ku. Jaya & Ors. referred to
2006 Muir Mills Unit of N.T.C. (u.p) Ltd. v. Swayam Prakash Srivastava and Anr. mentioned
2004 State of Punjab and Ors. v. Balbir Singh mentioned
2012 State Bank of India and Others v. Palak Modi and Another not applicable

Of those, 2 relied on · 4 referred to · 2 mentioned · 1 not applicable

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