Supreme Court of India

Registrar General, Patna High Court v. Pandey Gajendra Prasad & Ors.

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Reported as [2012] 5 S.C.R. 994
Bench D.K. Jain and Anil R. Dave JJ.
Decided 11 May 2012

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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,

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 2 referred to · 2 mentioned

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