Supreme Court of India
Lucknow K. Gramin Bank (now Allahabad, U.P. Gramin Bank) & Anr. v. Rajendra Singh
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Service Law - Departmental enquiry - Penalty I punishment - Judicial review - Scope - Held: The Courts cannot assume the function of disciplinary/departmental authorities - Limited judicial review is available to interfere with the punishment imposed by the disciplinary authority, only in cases where such penalty is found to be shocking to the conscience of the Court - Even in such a case, the appropriate course of action is to remit the matter back to the disciplinary authority or the appellate authority with direction to pass appropriate order of penalty - The Court by itself cannot mandate
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Where later benches applied it
- 2022 M/s Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. v. Shri Rajendra D. Harmalkar
- 2022 Anil Kumar Upadhyay v. The Director General, Ssb and Others
- 2021 Union of India & Ors. v. Ex. Constable Ram Karan
- 2019 Naresh Chandra Bhardwaj v. Bank of India & Ors.
Of those, 2 relied on · 2 referred to
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