Supreme Court of India

Burdwan Central Cooperative Bank Ltd. v. Asim Chatterjee & Ors.

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Reported as [2012] 1 S.C.R. 390
Bench Altamas Kabir and Cyriac Joseph JJ.
Decided 18 January 2012

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What the Court ordered

In view of the above link between the Primary Cooperative Society and the Appellant-Bank, even though the Respondent F No.1 was not under the administrative control of the Appellant- Ba n k when he allegedly committed various financial irregularities, the Appellant-Bank was still entitled to commence disciplinary proceedings against him in view of his past conduct.

Judgment, page 10

From the headnote

SeNice Law: Disciplinary proceedings - Central Co-operative Bank taking disciplinary action against its employee for financial irregularities committed by him during his previous employment with the affiliated Society - Held: At the relevant 0 point of time the delinquent was employed in the Primary Co­ operative Society which was affiliated to the appellant-Bank and in view of this link, even though the delinquent was not under the administrative control of the appellant-Bank when he allegedly committed various financial irregularities, it was still entitled to commence disciplinary

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