Supreme Court · 1971 INSC 51 · Decided 12 February 1971
GOVT. of India, Ministry of Home Affairs & ORS. v. Tarak Nath Ghosh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1971 INSC 51 · [1971] 3 S.C.R. 715
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 2338/1968
- Decided
- 12 February 1971
- Bench
- G.K. MITTER, A.N. RAY (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
AJl India Service (Discipline and Appeal) Rules, 1955, rr. 5(2) & 7- Civll Servant-Suspension-If can be ordered in contemplation of disci­ p/mary proceedings. Serious allegations of corruption and malpractices had been made against the respondent, a member of the Indian Police Service, the State Government revealed that there was a primc. facie. case made out against him. He was sus­ pended by an order which stated that disciplinary proceedings were con­ templated against the respondent. On the question whether the suspension of a member of the service can only be
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