Supreme Court of India

Vijay Singh v. State of U.P. & Ors.

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Reported as [2012] 2 S.C.R. 875

Bench Dr. B.S. Chauhan and Jagdish Singh Khehar JJ.

Decided 13 April 2012

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What the Court ordered

In view of the above, the punishment order is not maintainable in the eyes of law.

Judgment, page 12

From the headnote

UTTAR PRADESH POLICE OFFICERS OF THE SUBORDINATE RANKS (PUNISHMENT AND APPEAL) RULES, 1991: Withholding of integrity certificate - Integrity certificate of police inspector withheld on the ground that he did not investigate a criminal case properly - Held: Punishment of withholding the integrity certificate is not provided for under the Rules - Therefore, order by Disciplinary Authority withholding integrity certificate as a punishment for delinquency was without jurisdiction. ADMINISTRATIVE LAW: Administrative action - Held: The Authority has to act or purport to act in pursuance or

Authorities it was built on

2010 S. Khushboo v. Kanniammal and Anr. cited by 14
1984 A. L. Kalra v. The Project & Equipment Corporation of India Limited cited by 8
2010 Pyare Mohan Lal v. State of Jharkhand & Ors. cited by 6
2010 Mohd. Yunus Khan v. State of U.P. and Ors. cited by 5
1964 Poona City Municipal Corporation v. Dattatraya Nagesh Deodher cited by 5
2011 Chairman-cum-m.d., Coal India Ltd., & Ors. v. Ananta Saha & Ors. cited by 4
1996 J.N. Ganatra v. Morvi Municipality, Morvi cited by 2
1983 Glaxo Laboratories v. The Presiding Officer, Labour Court Meerut & Ors. cited by 2
1969 Shree Raja Kandregula Srinivasa Jagannadha Rao Panthulu Bahadur Garu v. State of Andhra Pradesh cited by 2
2000 Borosil Glass Works Ltd. Employees' Union v. D.D. Bambode and Ors. cited by 1

Where later benches applied it

2013 Nirmala J. Jhala v. State of Gujarat & Anr. relied on

Of those, 1 relied on

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