Supreme Court of India
The State of Punjab and Others v. Jaswant Singh
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What the Court ordered
We are of the considered opinion that the view taken by the High Court and also by the two courts below is completely erroneous in law and must be set-aside.
Judgment, page 13
From the headnote
Issue for consideration: Issue arose as regards the justifi cation of the discharge order of the probationer constable by the Superitendent of Police due to prolonged absence from training without any intimation. Service Law – Punjab Police Rules, 1934 – r. 12.21 – Discharge order of probationary constable u/r. 12.21 by Superitendent of Police owing to his prolonged absence from duty without any intimation – Legality of: Held: It is clear from r. 12.21 that in case a probationa ry constable is found unlikely to prove an effi cient police offi cer, he may be discharged by the Senior Superintendent
Authorities it was built on
- 2001 Pavanendra Narayan Verma v. Sanjay Gandhi P.G.I. of Medical Sciences and Anr. Novembers, 2001
- 2004 State of Punjab and Ors. v. Balbir Singh
- 2015 Ratnesh Kumar Choudhary v. Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna, Biharand Others
- 1978 Superintendent of Police, Ludhiana & Anr. v. Dwarka Das Etc.
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