Supreme Court · 1984 INSC 207 · Decided 9 November 1984
Nepal Singh v. State of U. P. & Ors .
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1984 INSC 207 · [1985] 2 S.C.R. 1
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 621/1975
- Decided
- 9 November 1984
- Bench
- R.S. PATHAK, D.P. MADON, M.P. THAKKAR (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 311(2), 14, 16
Headnote
Public Service-Termination of Service of a temporary government servant on the allegation ofmbconduct and corruption without following.provisiOns of Article 311 (2) of the Constitution is void and violative of Articles 14 and 16- Competent Authorities cannot circumvent the mandate of Article 311 Government Servants Conduct Rules 1956, Rule 29 read with Constitution of India, Articles 14, 16 and 311 (2). 1 On an allegation that the appellant, a temporary Sub-Inspestor or Police. while posted at Pithoragarh had contracted in November 1964 a second marri­ age, while his first wife
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