Supreme Court of India

Union of India & Ors. v. Santosh Kumar Tiwari

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Reported as [2024] 6 S.C.R. 429
Bench Dr. D. Y. Chandrachud, J. B. Pardiwala and Manoj Misra JJ.
Decided 8 May 2024

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Issue for Consideration Whether Rule 27 of the Central Reserve Police Force Rules, 1955 to the extent it provides for punishments other than those specified in Section 11 of the Central Reserve Police Force Act, 1949, is ultra vires the CRPF Act and as such inoperable and void; whether the punishment of compulsory retirement from service could have been imposed upon the respondent (a Head Constable in CRPF) by relying upon the provisions of Rule 27 of the CRPF Rules; whether the punishment of compulsory retirement imposed suffers from any procedural infirmity and / or is shockingly

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