Supreme Court of India
Registrar General, Patna High Court v. Pandey Gajendra Prasad & Ors.
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What the Court ordered
For the aforesaid reasons, we allow the appeal, set aside the impugned judgment of the Division Bench and uphold the validity of Notification dated 19th June G 2006, dismissing the first respondent from judicial service.
Judgment, page 20
From the headnote
Judiciary - Judicial Officer - Dismissed from service - On the allegation of misconduct - By Full Court of High Court on recommendation by Standing Committee - Writ petition - Allowed by Division Bench of High Court quashing dismissal order - On appeal, Held: Division Bench exceeded its jurisdiction by interfering with the decision of Full Court - The Court dealt with the matter as if it was exercising appellate powers over the decision of subordinate court - There is nothing on record to suggest that the evaluation made by Standing C9mmittee and then by Full Court was so arbitrary,
Authorities it was built on
- 1995 B.C. Chaturvedi v. Union of India and Ors.
- 2011 Rajendra Singh Verma (dead) through Lrs v. Lt. Governor of Nct of Delhi & Anr.
- 2003 Syed T.A. Naqshbandi and Ors. v. State of Jammu and Kashmir and Ors.
- 1999 High Court of Judicature at Bombay, through its Registrar v. Shashikant S. Patil and Anr.
- 1963 State of Andhra Pradesh v. S. Sree Rama Rao
- 2000 Bishwanath Prasad Singh Etc. v. Sta Te of Bihar and Ors
Where later benches applied it
- 2022 Ms. X v. Registrar General, High Court of Madhya Pradesh and Another
- 2019 Ram Murti Yadav v. State of Uttar Pradesh and Another
- 2020 Rajasthan High Court v. Ved Priya & Anr.
- 2013 Sr. Tewari v. Union of India and Anr.
Of those, 2 referred to · 2 mentioned
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