Supreme Court of India
State of Punjab and Ors. v. Rajesh Kumar
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What the Court ordered
In view of the above decision, the constable can be C discharged from service even ifthere is specific allegation which may amount: to misconduct against him.
Judgment, page 4
From the headnote
Service Law: Punjab Police Rules: Rule 12.21-Police constable-Discharged from service within three years of enrolment-Held, a simple order of discharge having been passed within the period of probation as the employee was not found suitable for the post, no opportunity of hearing was necessary-Orders of High Court and all courts below holding the termination order as punitive in nature and based on misconduct, set aside-Administrative Law-Principles of natural justice-Opportunity of hearing. The respondent, a constable of police, was discharged from service under Rule 12.21 of the Punjab
Where later benches applied it
- 2024 Anantdeep Singh v. The High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh & Anr.
- 2020 Chairman-cum-managing Director, Mahanadi Coalfields Limited v. Sri Rabindranath Choubey
Of those, 2 referred to
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