Supreme Court of India

Union of India and Ors. v. Manas Kumar Guha

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Reported as [2011] 3 S.C.R. 272
Bench Harjit Singh Bedi and Chandramauli Kr. Prasad JJ.
Decided 28 February 2011

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What the Court ordered

We are of the opinion that the Division Bench of the High Court erred in setting aside the order of learned Single Judge and quashing the order of compulsory retirement.

Judgment, page 8

From the headnote

Service Law - Disciplinary proceedings - Findings recorded by Enquiry officer - Interference by High Court in exercise of its ppwer of judicial review - Scope - Complaint against appellant-railway constable that he alongwith another constable jointly dragged and assaulted a passenger and snatched money from his possession - Enquiry officer held o the appellant guilty - Disciplinary authority ordered removal of appellant - Appellate Authority, however, substituted the punishment of removal to that of compulsory retirement - High Court quashed the order of compulsory retirement on ground that

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 2 relied on

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