Supreme Court · 2013 INSC 435 · Decided 4 July 2013
S.P. Malhotra v. Punjab National Bank & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2013 INSC 435 · [2013] 8 S.C.R. 413
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 5128/2013
- Decided
- 4 July 2013
- Bench
- B.S. CHAUHAN, S.A. BOBDE (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
A B Service Law - Disciplinary enquiry - Enquiry officer exonerated the delinquent officer of all the charges - Disciplinary authority partially disagreed with the findings - C Imposed punishment of dismissal from service - Departmental appeal as well as review dismissed - Writ petition allowed by punishment was vitiated - Division Bench of High Court, set aside the order of Single Judge - On appeal, held: Where D the disciplinary authority disagrees with the Enquiry Officer, he must record reasons for his disagreement and communicate the same to the delinquent and should pass an order of
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