Supreme Court of India

Uco Bank and Anr. v. Rajinder Lal Capoor

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Reported as [2008] 5 S.C.R. 775

Bench S.B. Sinha and Markandey Kat Ju JJ.

Decided 31 March 2008

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What the Court ordered

We are of the opinion that it is not a fit case where we should exercise our jurlsdiction.

Judgment, page 18

From the headnote

Service Jaw: c Disciplinary proceedings - Initiation of, after employee reached age of superannuation without drawing up of charge sheet- Held: Not permissible - In terms of 1976 Regulation, drawing up of charge sheet is the first step for initiation of a disciplinary authority - Ordinarily no disciplinary proceedings can be continued in absence of any statutory rule after employee reaches his age of superannuation - Although employer may resort to preliminary inquiry, but the same has a limited role to play - But, in absence of statutory rules operating in field, resorting to preliminary

Authorities it was built on

2007 Bharat Petroleum Corpn. Ltd. v. Maddula Ratna Valli and Ors. cited by 10

Where later benches applied it

2026 Uco Bank v. Sk Shrivastava referred to
2023 Dr. Premachandran Keezhoth & Anr v. The Chancellor Kannur University & Ors. referred to
2023 Uco Bank and Others v. M.B. Motwani (dead) Thr. Lrs. & Others referred to
2020 Chairman-cum-managing Director, Mahanadi Coalfields Limited v. Sri Rabindranath Choubey referred to
2013 Shri Anant R. Kulkarni v. Y.P. Education Society and Ors. referred to
2013 State of Gujarat & Anr. v. Honble Mr. Justice R. A. Mehta (retd) & Ors. referred to
2012 M/s Thakker Shipping P. Ltd. v. Commissioner of Customs (general) referred to

Of those, 7 referred to

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