Supreme Court of India

South Bengal State Transport Corpn. v. Swapan Kumar Mitra and Ors.

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Reported as [2006] 2 S.C.R. 30
Bench Arijit Pasa Yat and Ta Run Chatterjee JJ.
Decided 3 February 2006

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Service law Disciplinary proceedings-Appreciation of facts and adequacy/reliability of evidence·-Held: Inquiry Officer and disciplinary authority are sole judges of these-In a writ proceeding under Art. 226 of Constitution, these issues cannot be canvassed and merits of case cannot be gone into. Disciplinary proceedings- Punishment of removal frum service-Held: It ought not be passed without supplying to delinquent employee copies of documents relied on by Inquiry Officer and Disciplinary Authority-Otherwise, it would cause serious prejudice tu him and deny him reasonable opportunity of

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