Supreme Court · 2023 INSC 42 · Decided 16 January 2023
EX-CONST/DVR Mukesh Kumar Raigar v. Union of India & Ors
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2023 INSC 42 · [2023] 1 S.C.R. 797
- Case number
- SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CIVIL) No. 10499/2022
- Decided
- 16 January 2023
- Bench
- AJAY RASTOGI, BELA M. TRIVEDI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 226, 136
Headnote
Service Law : Removal from service - Constable found guilty of gross misconduct and indiscipline - Suppression of pending criminal litigation in the verification form submitted at the time of appointment - Departmental inquiry - Order of removal Single Judge of the High Court set aside the dismissal order and directed the reinstatement of the constable - However, the Division Bench set aside the order - On appeal, held: Constable has committed gross misconduct - There was deliberate suppression of fact which was an
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