Supreme Court of India
Southern Railway Officers Assn. and Anr. v. Union of India and Ors.
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What the Court ordered
We are of the view that the fact of acquittal is a circumstance to be considered while awarding punishment in this case.
Judgment, page 23
From the headnote
Constitution of India, 1950: Article 311(2), Clause (b) of second proviso - Railway Servants (Discipline and Appeal) Rules, 1968 - Rules 14(ii) - Dispensation from holding of disciplinary inquiry - Railway Officer superannuated and was to leave for his native place - Delinquent employees created scene of terrorism, assaulted him and threatened him and others present at station - Matter reported to police and disciplinary authority- Order of dismissal recording that it was· not practicable to hold an inquiry - Formality of holding disciplinary proceeding was dispensed with - Subsequent
Where later benches applied it
- 2020 The State of Rajasthan & Ors. v. Heem Singh
- 2015 Ved Mitier Gill v. Union Territory Administration, Chandigarh and Others
- 2012 The Deputy Inspector General of Police & Anr. v. S. Samuthiram
Of those, 1 relied on · 2 referred to
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