Supreme Court · 1986 INSC 90 · Decided 23 April 1986
Secretary, Central Board of Excise and Customs & ORS. v. K.S. Mahalingam
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1986 INSC 90 · [1986] 2 S.C.R. 742
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1279/1986
- Decided
- 23 April 1986
- Bench
- A.P. SEN, M.M. DUTT (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 311(2), 311, 15(4); Service Rules Section 15(4)
Headnote
Constitution of India, Article 311(2) and Central Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 1965, Rule 15(4) - Punishment - Imposition of - Second opportunity to show cause - Whether necessary. {- A charge-sheet was served on the respondent, a Govern- 111ent servant, containing misconduct involving lack of integrity and lack of devotion to duty and conduct unbecOlling of a Government servant. In his defence the respondent denied the charges. The Inquiry Officer held that both the articles of charges were established. The Disciplinary Authority accepted the report of
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