Supreme Court of India

Hari Niwas Gupta v. State of Bihar and Another

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Reported as [2019] 15 S.C.R. 443
Bench Indu Malhotra and Sanjiv Khanna JJ.
Decided 8 November 2019

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What the Court ordered

In view of the aforesaid position, we would not go into the merits of the said contention and leave the issue open.

Judgment, page 21

From the headnote

Constitution of India – Clause (b) of the second pr oviso to Art.311(2) – News item published in local daily tha t the Nepal Police apprehended three judicial officers-appellants belonging to the State of Bihar, allegedly being found in compromising position with three Nepali women in a guest house at Biratnag ar, Nepal – Full Court resolution passed for their dismissal, d ispensing with the disciplinary proceedings by invoking clause (b) of the second proviso to Art.311(2) – While setting aside the order of dismissal for failure to record reasons for dispensing with t he enquiry, the

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