Supreme Court · 2007 INSC 1221 · Decided 4 December 2007
Naresh Govind Vaze v. GOVT. of Maharashtra & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2007 INSC 1221 · [2007] 12 S.C.R. 863
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 5608/2007
- Decided
- 4 December 2007
- Bench
- S.B. SINHA, H.S. BEDI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Evidence Act Section 21, 309; Constitution Article 21, 309; Service Rules
Headnote
B Service Law-Judicial Officer-Disciplinary proceedings-On charges inter alia of using intemperate language in representations to High Court-Penalty of compulsory retirement-Held: Justified-The c language used by the delinquent officer, does. not behove a judicial officer-Order was not violative Officer was not faulty- Provisions of Evidence Act are not applicable to departmental proceedings nor is the Inquiry Officer a Court-Civil Service D (Discipline and Appeal) Rules have been formulated under proviso to Article 309 and thus have the force of a statute-Maharashtra Civil Service
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