Supreme Court · 2007 INSC 1312 · Decided 14 December 2007
Akhilesh Kumar Singh v. State of Jharkhand & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2007 INSC 1312 · [2007] 13 S.C.R. 868
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 5943/2007
- Decided
- 14 December 2007
- Bench
- S.B. SINHA, H.S. BEDI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
Service law-Dismissal-On account of tampering with records, forgery and misconduct- Quantum of punishment-Challenged to, c on the ground that co-employee given lighter punishment for identical charges-Held: Identical charges against delinquent officers similarly situated are to be dealt with with quantum of punishment not called for-Judicial Review. D The appellant-writer constable was charged for tampering with the records, committing forgery and misappropriating food allowance. In the Departmental proceedings the appellant was found guilty and was dismissed from the service.
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