Supreme Court · 2003 INSC 124 · Decided 27 February 2003
Mithilesh Singh v. Union of India and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2003 INSC 124 · [2003] 2 S.C.R. 377
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 6087/2001
- Decided
- 27 February 2003
- Bench
- SHIVARAJ V. PATIL, ARIJIT PASAYAT (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
B Service Law: Railway Protection Force Act, 1967-Section 9(1)-Railway Protection Force Rules, 1959-Rules 44, 104, 147 and 156(b)(iii)-Disciplinary C proceedings-Charge of absence from duty without proper intimation­ Punishment of removal from service-Punishment held to be disproportionate, by of a request for leave, which is not accepted is not a proper intimation-The scope of interference with punishment awarded by D a disciplinary authority is very limited and unless the punishment is shockingly disproportionate the Court cannot interfere with the same-It is for the employee to show
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