Supreme Court · 1994 INSC 164 · Decided 21 April 1994
SMT. Indrani Bai v. Union of India and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1994 INSC 164 · [1994] 3 S.C.R. 608
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 3962/1994
- Decided
- 21 April 1994
- Bench
- K. RAMASWAMY, N. VENKATACHALA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 14, 21, 31(2)
Headnote
\. r Service law: Civil Service-Disciplinary Enquiry-Rules of Natural Jus- lice-Where employee doubted impartiality of enquiry and represented at the c earliest for change of Enquiry Officer, held, request should have been acceded ta-Failure to reopen ex parte proceedings and to allow employee to evidence in rebuttaf-Amount to violation of principles of natural justice andfair play-Cons~tution of Indiir-Artic/es 14, 21 and 311 (2)-Ad- ministrative Law. D A disciplinary enquiry was instituted against an employee (since \. • deceased) on a charge of attempt to commit theft. The
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