Supreme Court · 1969 INSC 327 · Decided 20 November 1969
General Manager, Eastern Railway and Another v. Jawala Prosad Singh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1969 INSC 327 · [1970] 3 S.C.R. 271
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1186/1967
- Decided
- 20 November 1969
- Bench
- S.M. SIKRI, G.K. MITTER (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
Natural Justice-lnquir,v Con1111illee's duty to s11hn1it report to puniJh­ ing authorily-l.~hange i11 personnel of Inquiry Co1nn1i11ee durinR inquiry No de novo inquiry but proceedinKJ continued-Procedure if ''iolr.tes natural fustiCe. The Jespondent, a railway servant. was charged with officers of the Railway was constituted to inquire into the charges. After the proceedings had gone on for some time and some witne-sscs were examined. one of the members of the inquiry committee was transferred. There was no de novo inquiry and the proceedings continued with the successor in
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