Supreme Court · 2019 INSC 553 · Decided 22 April 2019
Naresh Chandra Bhardwaj v. Bank of India & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2019 INSC 553 · [2019] 6 S.C.R. 240
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 4037/2019
- Decided
- 22 April 2019
- Bench
- SANJAY KISHAN KAUL, INDIRA BANERJEE (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
Service Law: Removal from service - Appellant-bank officer sanctioned three loans while posted in one branch and recommended two loans at another branch which were ultimately classified as Non-Performing Assets - When the process of granting these loans was scrutinised procedural abnormalities were found, which were likely to cause a loss of Rs.70.32 lakhs to the Bank - Punishment of removal from service imposed on the appellant - Appellant prayed that, on parity, he should also be visited only with the punishment of compulsory retirement as
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