Supreme Court · 2008 INSC 272 · Decided 29 February 2008
Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan and ANR. v. Satbir Singh Mahla
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2008 INSC 272 · [2008] 3 S.C.R. 631
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1666/2008
- Decided
- 29 February 2008
- Bench
- H.K. SEMA, MARKANDEY KATJU (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Allowed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
..: ,. ' Service Law: Misconduct - Removal - Of Respondent-school teacher for physically assaulting the Principal in his office room and c causing serious injury on his eye - Justification - Held: Justified - Respondent not fit to be a teacher. Respondent-school teacher physically assaulted school in his office room causing serious D ~ - injury on his eye. The next day Respondent submitted a written apology. However, he was charge-sheeted, pursuant to which the Enquiry Officer found him guilty and he was removed from service. The Tribunal held that the Respondent committed the act of
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