Supreme Court of India

The State of Karnataka & Anr. v. N. Gangaraj

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Reported as [2020] 1 S.C.R. 616
Bench S. Abdul Nazeer and Hemant Gupta JJ.
Decided 14 February 2020

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What the Court ordered

Held as under: 4 (2000) 1 SCC 416 5 (2011) 4 SCC 584 THE STATE OF KARNATAKA & ANR. v.

Judgment, page 8

From the headnote

Administrative law: Judicial review – Punishment fo r misconduct – Interference by court, permissibility – In the instant case, a complaint of illegal gratification was file d against respondent-Inspector – Disciplinary proceedings conducted a gainst him – Inquiry officer returned a finding that the c harges levelled against him were proved – Termination from service – Aggrieved respondent invoked the jurisdiction of Tribunal – Tribunal set a side the order of punishment by holding that the criminal co urt, on the same set of facts, did not place reliance on the de position of witnesses,

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