Supreme Court of India

Uco Bank and Others v. M.B. Motwani (dead) Thr. Lrs. & Others

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Reported as [2023] 16 S.C.R. 525
Bench Hima Kohli and Rajesh Bindal JJ.
Decided 12 October 2023

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What the Court ordered

For the reasons mentioned above, in our opinion, the appeal fi led by the appellant-Bank is meritless and the same is accordin gly dismissed with costs, quantifi ed at ₹25,000/-.

Judgment, page 13

From the headnote

Issue for consideration: Whether the High Court was justifi ed in setting aside the order passed by the appellant- Bank imposing punishment of dismissal upon the respondent no.1-Ba nk manager. Service Law – United Commercial Bank Offi cer’s Servi ce Regulations, 1979 – Regulation 20(3)(iii) – Termina tion of service – Disciplinary proceedings, not pending against delin quent employee, on the date of his superannuation – Eff ect – On fac ts, the Bank manager-employee attained the age of superannuation on 02.07.1991 and was due to retire on 31.07.1991 – On 17.06.1991 was served with a memo

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 2 referred to

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