Supreme Court of India

Union of India & Ors. v. Diler Singh

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Reported as [2016] 4 S.C.R. 473

Bench Dipak Misra and N.V. Ramana JJ.

Decided 30 June 2016

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that dismissal being a major punishment should not have been passed by the Disciplinary Authority.

Judgment, page 13

From the headnote

Service Law: Central Reserve Police Force Act, J949- s.J J (1) - Punishment of dismissal from service under - Proportionality of - On facts, CRPF constable went outside the campus-Naxalwadi Area without the permission of the competent authority - Went to the market, consumed liquor and quarrelled with civilians - Punishment of dismissal from service by disciplinary authority in exercise of power conferred u/s.11 - Jn suit, the trial court set aside the dismissal order holding that the disciplinary authority not entitled to convert charge uls.JJ(J), a minor penalty to major pe1ialty and that

Authorities it was built on

2001 Santosh Hazarl v. Purushottam Tiwarl (dead) by Lrs cited by 29
2000 Om Kumar and Ors. v. Union of India in Delhi Development Authority v. Skipper Construction and Anr. cited by 24
1997 Union of India and Another v. G. Ganayutham (dead) by Lrs. cited by 19
2005 Govindaraju v. Mariamman cited by 4
2006 Union of India and Ors. v. Dwarka Prasad Tiwari cited by 4
2005 Union of India and Ors. v. Gulam Mohd. Bhat cited by 3

Where later benches applied it

2022 M/s Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. v. Shri Rajendra D. Harmalkar relied on
2022 Anil Kumar Upadhyay v. The Director General, Ssb and Others relied on
2024 Union of India & Ors. v. Santosh Kumar Tiwari referred to

Of those, 2 relied on · 1 referred to

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