Supreme Court of India

Union of India and Ors v. P. Balasubrahmanayam

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Reported as [2021] 2 S.C.R. 160
Bench Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Hrishikesh Roy JJ.
Decided 4 March 2021

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What the Court ordered

In view of the aforesaid final order havin g been passed but with the liberty to the respondent to re-agitate the issue by challenging the order of punishment in the 2017 Memo.

Judgment, page 8

From the headnote

Service Law: Compulsory retirement – Punishment – Correctness of – Disciplinary Inquiry on the charges of bribery and procedural lapses – The delinquent challenged the validity of memo of charges on the ground that it was issued without prior approval from vigila nce as mandated by Circular dated 18.01.2005 – In the mean while departmental proceedings were concluded whereby the del inquent was discharged of all the charges of bribery and was found guilty of all the charges of procedural lapses – He was in flicted with punishment of compulsory retirement – Delinquent cha llenged the order of

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