Supreme Court of India

Union of India & Ors. v. Prakash Kumar Tandon

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Reported as [2008] 17 S.C.R. 855
Bench S.B. Sinha and Cyriac Joseph JJ.
Decided 17 December 2008

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What the Court ordered

We are of the opinion that the 8 concurrent findings of the Tribunal, as also the High Court cannot be said to be unreasonable or suffering from any legal infirmity warranting interference.

Judgment, page 9

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Service Law: Disciplinary proceedings - Application for summoning qf witness by delinquent employee not considered by Enquiry c officer - Justification of - Held: Not justified - It was obligatory on part of Enquiry officer to pass an order in the application - He could not refuse to consider the same - Enquiry officer, being a quasi judicial authority, must perform his functions fairly and reasonably which is even otherwise the requirement of principles of natural justice - If disciplinary proceedings was not fairly conducted, an inference can be drawn that the delinquent employee was

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