Supreme Court · 2008 INSC 1475 · Decided 18 December 2008
EX. Constable Ramvir Singh v. Union of India & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2008 INSC 1475 · [2008] 17 S.C.R. 1112
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 2061/2008
- Decided
- 18 December 2008
- Bench
- S.B. SINHA, CYRIAC JOSEPH (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 226
Headnote
Service Law - Dismissal - Punishment of seven days imprisonment for disobeying orders of Authority and c ' withholding official Dak for three days - During imprisonment refusing to take food and refusing to do pack drill - Trial - Accused pleaded guilty - Dismissal from service - Held: In the of dismissal is proper - The punishment is not· disproportionate to the offence - Border Security Force Act, 1968 - ss. 22 - Border Security Force D Rules, 1969 - r. 157. Doctrines/Principles - Doctrine of proportionality - Invoking of - Held: The doctrine can be invoked by superior
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