Supreme Court of India

Nirbhay Singh Suliya v. State of Madhya Pradesh

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Reported as [2026] 1 S.C.R. 91

Bench J.B. Pardiwala and K.V. Vishwanathan JJ.

Decided 5 January 2026

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From the headnote

Issue for Consideration Whether on facts, based on the four judicial orders of grant of bail per se and without anything more, the authorities were justified in removing the appellant-Judicial Officer from service. Headnotes† Judiciary – District judiciary – Departmental proceedings against Judicial Officer on the allegation that extraneous considerations actuated passing of bail orders – Mere wrong order or wrong exercise of discretion in grant of bail by itself without anything more, not a ground to initiate departmental proceedings against Judicial Officers – Complainant lodged complaint

Authorities it was built on

1999 Zunjarrao Bhikaji Nagarkar v. Union of India and Ors. cited by 10
1988 Ishwar Chand Jain v. High Court of Punjab & Haryana and Another cited by 7
1999 Yoginath D. Bagde v. State of Maharashtra and Anr. cited by 6
1975 Bharat Iron Works v. Bhagubhai Balubhai Patel & Ors. cited by 6
2007 Ramesh Chander Singh v. High Court of Allahabad and Anr cited by 5
2001 P.C. Joshi v. State of U.P. and Ors. cited by 5
1993 Union of India and Ors. v. K. K. Dhawan cited by 5
2019 Krishna Prasad Verma (d) Thr. Lrs. v. State of Bihar & Ors. cited by 4
2020 Sadhna Chaudhary v. State of U.P. & Anr. cited by 1
2016 R.R. Parekh v. Hlgh Court of Gujarat & Anr. cited by 1
2022 Abhay Jain v. The High Court of Judicature for Rajasthan and Anr cited by 1

Where later benches applied it

2026 K. Rajaiah v. The High Court for the State of Telangana referred to

Of those, 1 referred to

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