Supreme Court of India

Akhilesh Kumar Singh v. State of Jharkhand & Ors.

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Reported as [2007] 13 S.C.R. 868
Bench S.B. Sinha and Harjit Singh Bedi JJ.
Decided 14 December 2007

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Service law-Dismissal-On account of tampering with records, forgery and misconduct- Quantum of punishment-Challenged to, c on the ground that co-employee given lighter punishment for identical charges-Held: Identical charges against delinquent officers similarly situated are to be dealt with similarly-On facts, charges leveled against employees not identical in nature-Thus, interference with quantum of punishment not called for-Judicial Review. The appellant-writer constable was charged for tampering with the records, committing forgery and misappropriating food allowance. In the Departmental

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