Supreme Court of India

Govt. of A.P. & Anr. v. B. Jagjeevan Rao

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Reported as [2014] 7 S.C.R. 523
Bench Dipak Misra and N.V. Ramana JJ.
Decided 12 May 2014

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What the Court ordered

In the result, the appeal is allowed, the judgment and order of the High Court, being sensitively susceptible, are set aside.

Judgment, page 9

From the headnote

Service Law: .P. .S. (CC& ) Rules, 1991 - Rule 25 - Interpretation of - Imposition of sentence by disciplinary authority - Consideration of - Held: Disciplinary Authority is to consider the conduct of Government servant that led to his conviction on criminal charge before imposing the appropriate punishment - In view of the expected standard of o administration, conviction on the charge of corruption is to be viewed seriously - Employer cannot be compelled to take an employee back in service unless conviction is set aside - On facts, employee convicted for the offences punishable under the

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