Supreme Court of India
Union of India & Ors. v. B.V. Gopinath
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What the Court ordered
For the reasons stated above, we see no merit in the F appeals filed by the Union of India.
Judgment, page 28
From the headnote
Service Law: Disciplinary proceedings - Under s. 14 of CCS (CCA) c Rules - Issuance of Charge sheet/charge memo, without approval of disciplinary authority - Validity of - Held: Even though the disciplinary authority has given approval for initiation of major penalty_ proceedings, in absence of approval by the disciplinary authority, the charge sheet/charge memo o would be non-est in the eye of law - Initiation of disciplinary proceedings u/r. 14(2) is distinct and separate from issuing a charge memo u/r. 14(3) - Central Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 1965 - Rules
Authorities it was built on
- 2002 Bhavnagar University v. Palitana Sugar Mill Pvt, Ltd. and Ors.
- 2006 Union of India and Anr. v. Kunisetty Satyanarayana
- 1996 Inspector General of Police and Anr. v. Thavasiappan
- 1992 P. V. Srinivasa Sastry and Ors. v. Comptroller and Auditor General and Ors.
- 1987 State of Uttar Pradesh v. Brahma Datt Sharma and Anr.
- 1990 Municipal Corporation of Greatior Bombay and Anr. v. Indian Oil Corporation Ltd.
- 2004 The Special Director and Anr. v. Mohd. Ghulam Ghouse and Anr.
- 1994 Sahni Silk Mills (p) Ltd. and Anr. Etc. Etc. v. Employees State Insurance Corporation
- 1975 State of Madhya Pradesh v. M. V. Narasimhan
- 1996 Director General, Esi and Anr. v. T. Abdul Razak Etc.
- 2012 The Secretary, Min.of Defence & Ors. v. Prabhash Chandra Mirdha
- 1993 Forest Range Officer and Ors. v. P.mohammed Ali and Ors.
- 1995 The Executive Engineer, Bihar State Housing Board v. Ramesh Kumar Singh and Ors.
Where later benches applied it
- 2021 Sunny Abraham v. Union of India & Anr.
- 2020 Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited and Others v. Anil Padegaonkar
- 2025 Union of India & Ors. v. R. Shankarappa
- 2025 The State of Jharkhand & Ors. v. Rukma Kesh Mishra
Of those, 1 relied on · 2 distinguished · 1 referred to
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