Supreme Court · 2025 INSC 548 · Decided 23 April 2025
Durga Prasad v. GOVT. of NCT of Delhi & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2025 INSC 548 · [2025] 4 S.C.R. 1572
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 5456/2025
- Decided
- 23 April 2025
- Bench
- PAMIDIGHANTAM SRI NARASIMHA, MANOJ MISRA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
Matter pertains to initiation of inquiry against the appellant (Inspector of Police at the time of riots) on account of dereliction of duty in controlling the 1984 riots. Whether, in the facts of the case, the High Court ought to have given liberty to the Disciplinary whether it is a fit case to put a quietus to the proceeding. Service Law - Disciplinary Proceedings - The charges against the appellant are in respect of failure to control the 1984 riots in the area under the command of the appellant - The appellant was
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