Supreme Court of India

Pawan Kumar Agarwala v. General Manager-ii & Appointing Auth. State Bank of India & Ors.

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Reported as [2015] 15 S.C.R. 555
Decided 17 November 2015

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What the Court ordered

For the reasons stated supra, we have examined the case threadbare on the basis of the material placed on record and rival legal contentions urged on behalf of the parties, we 576 SUPREME COURT REPORTS [2015] 15 S.C.R. A hold that the finding of the enquiry officer on the charges is vitiated on account of non-compliance of the statutory Rules and the principles of natural justice.

Judgment, page 21

From the headnote

Service Law - Misconduct - Penalty - Allegation c against the appellant that he filled the loan application of a borrower and influenced the manager of another branch of the bank to sanction loan despite knowing that the borrower had earlier taken loan from his branch and thereby appellant failed to protect the interests of the bank - Meanwhile, in the disciplinary proceedings against the manager of the other branch, authority awarded minor penalty of one stage lower in time scale for a period of one year - However in case of appellant, order of dismissal passed - Appellant filed writ

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