Supreme Court of India

State of Madhya Pradesh & Anr v. Akhilesh Jha & Anr

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Reported as [2021] 6 S.C.R. 146
Bench Dr. Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud, Vikram Nath and Hima Kohli JJ.
Decided 6 September 2021

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What the Court ordered

For the above reasons, we allow the appeal and set aside the impugned judgment and order of the High Court dated 5 September 2019.

Judgment, page 8

From the headnote

Service Law – Departmental enquiry – First responde nt- Superintendent of Police allegedly violated adminis trative orders of the Inspector General of Police for disbanding “Gunda Squad” constituted, operated and supervised by the first r espondent, and a person interrogated by the Squad died in custody – M agisterial enquiry was conducted and the report submitted cont ained observations against the first respondent – Department al enquiry subsequently convened against the first respondent and charge sheet was issued – Tribunal quashed the charge-sheet o n grounds that there was a delay of

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