Supreme Court · 2026 INSC 313 · Decided 2 April 2026
Punjab & Sind Bank v. SH. Raj Kumar
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2026 INSC 313 · [2026] 4 S.C.R. 350
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 847/2026
- Decided
- 2 April 2026
- Bench
- DIPANKAR DATTA, SATISH CHANDRA SHARMA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 14
Headnote
Whether the imposition of lighter punishment on the co-delinquents while imposing the punishment of 'dismissal from service' upon the respondent is in outright defiance of logic. Punjab and Sind Officer Employees' (Conduct) Regulations, connived with two others (one officer and a gunman) to misappropriate money of the customers for their personal gain, stealing bank records, etc. - The disciplinary authority imposed the penalty of compulsory retirement on the co- delinquent gunman while the co-delinquent officer
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