Supreme Court · 2013 INSC 498 · Decided 29 July 2013
Lucknow K. Gramin Bank (Now Allahabad, U.P. Gramin Bank) & ANR. v. Rajendra Singh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2013 INSC 498 · [2013] 17 S.C.R. 309
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 6142/2013
- Decided
- 29 July 2013
- Bench
- ANIL R. DAVE, A.K. SIKRI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
A B Service Law - Departmental enquiry - Penalty I punishment - Judicial review - Scope - Held: The Courts C cannot assume the function of disciplinary/departmental authorities - Limited judicial review is available to interfere with the punishment imposed by the disciplinary authority, such penalty is found to be shocking to the conscience of the Court - Even in such a case, the D appropriate course of action is to remit the matter back to the disciplinary authority or the appellate authority with direction to pass appropriate order of penalty - The Court by itself cannot
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