Supreme Court of India

Union of India and Others v. Subrata Nath

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Reported as [2022] 18 S.C.R. 605

Bench Dr. Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud and Hima Kohli JJ.

Decided 23 November 2022

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What the Court ordered

We are of the opinion that both, the learned Single Judge as well as the Division Bench, fell into an error by setting asid e UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS v.

Judgment, page 19

From the headnote

Service Law: Central Industrial Security Force Rules, 2001 : r.32 – Disciplinary Authorities – Local police intercep ted a truck loaded with copper wires outside the port premises and informed CISF that the copper wires had been removed from the scra p Port, in the duration when the respondent-constable was o n duty – Respondent placed under suspension and charge sheet ed for the act of negligence and various delinquencies – Disciplinary uthority imposed a penalty of dismissal from service, which w as confirmed by appellate and revisional authority – High Court co nverted the punishment of

Authorities it was built on

1995 B.C. Chaturvedi v. Union of India and Ors. cited by 21
2008 M/s. Godavari Finance Co. v. Degala Satyanarayanamma & Ors. cited by 15
1962 State of Orissa v. Bidyabhushan Mohapatra cited by 13
2011 State Bank of Bikaner & Jaipur v. Nemi Chand Nalwaya cited by 6
2014 Union of India and Others v. P. Gunasekaran cited by 5
2008 Chairman & Md V.S.P. & Ors. v. Goparaju Sri Prabhakara Hari Babu cited by 4
1971 Union of India v. Sardar Bahadur cited by 2

Where later benches applied it

2026 The State of Jharkhand v. Ranjan Kumar referred to

Of those, 1 referred to

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