Supreme Court of India

Union of India and Ors. v. Sharvan Kumar

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Reported as [2022] 19 S.C.R. 445
Bench Dinesh Maheshwari and Krishna Murari JJ.
Decided 6 July 2022

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What the Court ordered

For the aforesaid reasons, the High Court set aside the order of the Tribunal dated 21.06.2013 and also quashed the orde r dated 17.02.2011 passed by the Disciplinary Authority as being illegal, invalid and nullity in the eyes of law.

Judgment, page 10

From the headnote

Service Law – High Court held that the remitted proceedings in the disciplinary enquiry against the respondent were rendered nullity, for having not been concluded within the time limit fixed by the Tribunal in its earlier order dated 03.09.2010 – Correctness of – Held: Fixing of the period of two months by the Tribun al in this case had only been to ensure expeditious proceedings because the matter was being restored for reconsideration in th e year 2010, though the disciplinary proceedings related with the incide nt dated 09.01.2005 – However, the said period of two months did not acquire

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