Supreme Court · 2016 INSC 1041 · Decided 18 November 2016
H.P. State Electricity Board LTD. v. Maresh Dahiya
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2016 INSC 1041 · [2016] 9 S.C.R. 879
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 10913/2016
- Decided
- 18 November 2016
- Bench
- S.A. BOBDE, ASHOK BHUSHAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
Service Law: Misconduct - Charges of willful absence from official duty and disobedience of orders of superiors - Disciplinary action - Respondent compulsorily retired from service - He filed writ petition - High Court set aside the order of compulsory retirement - On appeal, held: The delinquent of the inquiry officer '.s report before the Disciplinary Authority arrives at its conclusions with regard to the guilt or innocence of the employee with regard to the charges levelled against him - That right is a part of employee '.s right to defend himself - On facts, there was violatiOn of
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