Supreme Court · 2006 INSC 68 · Decided 3 February 2006
South Bengal State Transport CORPN. v. Swapan Kumar Mitra and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2006 INSC 68 · [2006] 2 S.C.R. 30
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1015/2005
- Decided
- 3 February 2006
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, TARUN CHATTERJEE (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 226
Headnote
Service law C Disciplinary proceedings-Appreciation of facts and adequacy/reliability of evidence·-Held: Inquiry Officer and disciplinary authority are sole judges of these-In a writ proceeding under Art. 226 of Constitution, these issues cannot be canvassed and merits of case cannot be D It ought not be passed without supplying to delinquent employee copies of documents relied on by Inquiry Officer and Disciplinary Authority-Otherwise, it would cause serious prejudice tu him and deny him reasonable opportunity of hearing. Disciplinary proceedings-Acquittal in criminal
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