Supreme Court of India

Union of India and Others v. P. Gunasekaran

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Reported as [2014] 13 S.C.R. 1312

Bench Anil R. Dave and Kurian Joseph JJ.

Decided 19 November 2014

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From the headnote

Service Law- Disciplinary proceedings - Punishment - High Court acting as appellate authority, re-appreciating even the evidence before the enquiry officer - Propriety - Held: Not proper- In disciplinary proceedings, the High Court is not and cannot act as a second court of first appeal - High Court, in exercise of its powers under Article 2261227 of the Constitution, shall not venture into re-appreciation of the evidence - High Court can only see whether: a) the enquiry is held by a competent authority; b) the enquiry is held according to the procedure prescribed in that behalf; c) there is

Authorities it was built on

1963 Syed Yakoob v. K.S. Radhakrishnan & Others cited by 34
2000 Om Kumar and Ors. v. Union of India in Delhi Development Authority v. Skipper Construction and Anr. cited by 24
1995 B.C. Chaturvedi v. Union of India and Ors. cited by 21
1997 Union of India and Another v. G. Ganayutham (dead) by Lrs. cited by 19
2014 Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board and Others v. T.T. Murali Babu cited by 7
1975 State of Andhra Pradesh & Ors. v. Chitra Venkata Rao cited by 5
2007 Management of Coimbatore District Central Co-operative Bank v. Secretary, Coimbatore District Central Co-operative Bank Employees Association and Anr. cited by 5
2009 Chairman-cum-managing Director, Coal India A Limited & Anr. v. Mukul Kumar Choudhuri & Ors. cited by 5

Where later benches applied it

2024 Chatrapal v. State of Uttar Pradesh & Anr. relied on
2021 Union of India & Ors. v. Dalbir Singh relied on
2020 Director General of Police, Railway Protection Force and Ors. v. Rajendra Kumar Dubey relied on
2025 Maharana Pratap Singh v. The State of Bihar & Ors referred to
2022 Union of India and Others v. Subrata Nath referred to

Of those, 3 relied on · 2 referred to

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