Supreme Court of India

The State of Jharkhand & Ors. v. Rukma Kesh Mishra

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Reported as [2025] 3 S.C.R. 1254
Bench Dipankar Datta and Manmohan JJ.
Decided 28 March 2025

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What the Court ordered

For the foregoing reasons, there can be and is little hesitation for us to hold that the impugned order of the Division Bench upholding the judgment and order of the Single Judge of allowing the writ petition as well as the latter is fundamentally incorrect and patently illegal.

Judgment, page 22

From the headnote

Issue for Consideration Whether the order by which the respondent-civil servant was dismissed from service, following disciplinary proceedings, should have been interdicted by the High Court on the ground that the charge-sheet had not been approved by the Chief Minister of Jharkhand. Headnotes† Constitution of India – Art.311 – Dismissal, removal or reduction in rank of persons employed in civil capacities under the Union or a State – Authority to issue chargesheet or initiate disciplinary proceedings against the government servant – Respondent-civil service officer, indulged in diverse

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