Supreme Court of India

Narinder Mohan Arya v. United India Insurance Co. Ltd. & Ors.

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Reported as [2006] 3 S.C.R. 932
Bench S.B. Sinha and Dal Veer Bhandari JJ.
Decided 5 April 2006

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What the Court ordered

For the foregoing reasons the impugned judgments cannot be sustained which are set aside accordingly.

Judgment, page 21

From the headnote

Constitution of India, 1950: Article 226-Disciplinary proceedings and consequential orders- Judicial review of-Held, power of judicial review would not be refused to be exercised by High Court although despite it would be lawful to do so-­ Writ court would bear in mind distinction between some evidence and no evidence-Evidence adduced by Management must have nexus with charges­ Inquiry Officer cannot base his findings on mere hypothesis-Discussion on material available on record for purpose of applying legal principles was imperative, which High Court failed to do. Code of Civil Procedure,

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 2 referred to

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