Supreme Court of India

Depot Manager, A.P.S.R.T.C. v. Reghuda Siva Sankar Prasad

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Reported as [2006] SUPP. 8 S.C.R. 625
Bench Dr. Ar. Lakshmanan and Tarun Chatterjee JJ.
Decided 7 November 2006

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What the Court ordered

We hold that the orders passed by learned Single Judge and as modified and affirmed by the learned Judges of the Division Bench in Writ Appeal No. 1085 of2005 dated 29.06.2005 deserves to be set aside.

Judgment, page 8

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Labour Laws-Charges of theft-Proved-Punishment of removal from service-Admission by the delinquent employee-Charge and punishment upheld by Industrial Tribunal-In Writ Petition and Writ Appeal finding upheld, but punishment held to be not in consonance with the gravity of charges and hence direction for reinstatement-On appeal, held: The punishment is just, reasonable and proportionate to the proved misconduct­ Order of reinstatement by the High Court was contrary to law. Constitution of India, 1950-Article 226-Jurisdiction under-scope of-It is not open to the court to substitute its

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