Supreme Court · 1996 INSC 265 · Decided 15 February 1996
Secretary to Government, Prohibition and Excise Department v. L. Srinivasan
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1996 INSC 265 · [1996] 2 S.C.R. 737
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 3658/1996
- Decided
- 15 February 1996
- Bench
- K. RAMASWAMY, G.B. PATTANAIK (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
PROHIBITION AND EXCISE DEPARTMENT v. L. SRINIVASAN FEBRUARY 15, 1996 [K. RAMASWAMY AND G.B. PATTANAIK, JJ.) Service Law : A B Deparlmental inquiry against employee for embezzlement and f abrica- C tion of false records-Charge-sheet laid for prosecution-Trial of the case pendin15State charges, it would take long time to detect embezzlement and fabrication off alse records which would be done in secrecy-No opinion on merits expressed-Tribunal committed grossest D eTTo~Exceeded power of judicial review in quashing the suspension order and charges even at the threshold-Such order
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