Supreme Court · 2015 INSC 120 · Decided 16 February 2015
Ajay Kumar Choudhary v. Union of India Through Its Secretary & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2015 INSC 120 · [2015] 2 S.C.R. 415
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1912/2015
- Decided
- 16 February 2015
- Bench
- VIKRAMAJIT SEN, C. NAGAPPAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 309, 167(2); Constitution Article 21
Headnote
Service Law - Suspension - Protraction of - Propriety - Held: Right to speedy trial is implicit in Art. 21 of the Constitution and also reflected in s.309 Cr.PC. A B c - Proviso to s. 167(2) Cr.P. C. has the effect of circumscribing the detention of an accused within a D period of 90 days - proviso to s.167(2) can be extrapolated to moderate suspension orders in cases of departmental disciplinary inquiries - Thus, it is directed that currency of suspension should not extend beyond three months, if within this period E charge-sheet is not served on the delinquent - If the charge-sheet
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