Supreme Court · 2003 INSC 74 · Decided 11 February 2003
Regional MANAGER. U.P.S.R.T.C.. Etawah and ORS. v. Hoti Lal and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2003 INSC 74 · [2003] 1 S.C.R. 1019
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 5984/2000
- Decided
- 11 February 2003
- Bench
- SHIVARAJ V. PATIL, ARIJIT PASAYAT (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
B Service law: Termination of Service-Scope of Judicial Review to interfere with punishment-Held, the scope of interference is very limited and restricted to C exceptional cases-Court should record reasons as to why punishment does not commensurate with the proved charges-Failure to give reasons a bus conductor were terminated on D the ground of dereliction of duty, violation of Employee's Conduct Code and misappropriation of employers money by the act of not issuing tickets to passengers despite re«::overing money. In writ petition challenging the termination, High Court
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