Supreme Court · 1991 INSC 79 · Decided 19 March 1991
Laxmi Shankar Pandey v. Union of India and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1991 INSC 79 · [1991] 1 S.C.R. 894
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 974/1989
- Decided
- 19 March 1991
- Bench
- S. RATNAVEL PANDIAN, K. JAYACHANDRA REDDY (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 32
Headnote
" ·Constitution of India, 1950: Article 32.-Scope of Judicial ~ Review-Disputed questions of fact-Examination of. Service Law: Central Reserve Police Force Act, 1949: Section C · 11-Departmental enquiry-Head Constable-Negligent in duty- ~ -· Escape of unqertrial prisoners enquiry-Obser- y· - D Vance/applicability of particular principle/rule-To be decided on the facts and circumstances of each case. The petitioner, a Head Constable in the Central Reserve Police Force was charge-sheeted for negligence in his duty, resulting in the escape of two
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