Supreme Court · 2020 INSC 656 · Decided 25 November 2020
Director General of Police, Railway Protection Force and ORS. v. Rajendra Kumar Dubey
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2020 INSC 656 · [2020] 13 S.C.R. 1191
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 3820/2020
- Decided
- 25 November 2020
- Bench
- D.Y. CHANDRACHUD, INDU MALHOTRA, K.M. JOSEPH (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 226, 227
Headnote
Service Law: Compulsory Retirement - Punishment of - Imposed by departmental authority - Writ Petition - High Court reduced the punishment of compulsory retirement to reversion in rank for a period of 6 months - Directed reinstatement - Appeal to Supreme Court - Held: High Court was not justified in setting aside the order of compulsory retirement. Constitution of India: Arts. 226 and 227 - Scope under - To interfere with disciplinary proceedings - Held: High court, in exercise of power u/Arts.
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