Supreme Court of India
Reference Under Article 317 (1) No.2 of 2008 in Re: Mehar Singh Saini, Chairman, Hpsc and Ors. v. --
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What the Court ordered
Held as under: · • ... we only hope and trust that a constitutional authority like the Commission should neither withhold any document nor refuse to cooperate with the State Vigilance Bureau in the matter of conduct of an inquiry.
Judgment, page 92
From the headnote
Constitution of India, 1950: Article 317(1)- Reference to Supreme Court for inquiry c into allegations of misbehaviour against Chairman/Members .of a Public· Service Commission - Nature of the proceedings :... Standard of proof- HELD: The proceedings are neither akin to those under service law nor to those under criminal law - The nature of such proceedings is sui generis and the Court 0 can evolve its own procedure in consonance with the language of Article 317 (1) read with the provisions of the Supreme Court Rules and the principles of natural justice - The standard of proof applicable to
Authorities it was built on
- 1993 Supreme Court Advocates-on-record Association and Anr. v. Union of India
- 2000 In R/o Dr. Ram Ashray Yadav Chairman, Bihar Public Service Commission v. -
- 2004 Noratanmal Chouraria v. M.R. Murli and Anr.
- 1983 Special Reference Case No. 1 of 1983 v. Special Reference Case No. 1 of 1983
- 2007 Ref: v. Smt. Sayalee Sanjeev Joshi, Member, Maharashtra Public Service Commission
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