Supreme Court · 2011 INSC 41 · Decided 13 January 2011
Arundhati Ashok Walavalkar v. State of Maharashtra
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2011 INSC 41 · [2011] 1 S.C.R. 355
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 6966/2004
- Decided
- 13 January 2011
- Bench
- MUKUNDAKAM SHARMA, ANIL R. DAVE (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
Service Law: ·r Maharashtra Civil Services (Discipline and Appeal) c Rules, 1979 - rr.3 (iii), 5 (1) (vii) - Misconduct by Judicial Officer - Charged with travelling ticket less in a local train and misusing her official identity card - Punishment of compulsory retirement by disciplinary Justified - Offence as alleged against the officer in memo of D charges, established on her own showing, thus, the Inquiry officer was justified in holding that charges levelled against her stood proved - Punishment of compulsory retirement awarded to her not disproportionate to offence
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