Supreme Court of India

Diwan Singh v. Life Insurance Corporation of India and Others

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Reported as [2015] 1 S.C.R. 1

Bench Vikramajit Sen and Prafulla C. Pant JJ.

Decided 5 January 2015

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Service Law: Compulsory retirement - Misappropriation of funds - Deposit of Rs: 533 by policy holder with the appellant-cashier on 13. 8. 1990 but the amount not deposited with UC - Temporary embezzlement of Rs. 5331- for the period 13.08.1990 to 27.11.1990 and forging entry of Rs. 5331- in the carbon copy of ledger sheet dated 13.08.1990 by the cashier - Order of removal from service - High Court substituting punishment of compulsory retirement in place of removal from service - On appeal, held: In view of nature of charge of which the cashier was found guilty, the punishment of compulsory

Authorities it was built on

2013 Niranjan Hemchandra Sashittal and Another v. State of Maharashtra cited by 9
2006 Divisional Controller, N.E.K.R.T.C. v. H.amaresh cited by 2
1996 Municipal Committee, Bahadurgarh v. Krishnan Behari and Ors. cited by 2
2014 Rajasthan State Tpt Corpn. & Anr. v. Bajrang Lal cited by 1

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