Supreme Court · 2010 INSC 277 · Decided 6 May 2010
South Bengal State Transport Corporation v. Ashok Kumar Ghosh and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2010 INSC 277 · [2010] 6 S.C.R. 176
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 4338/2010
- Decided
- 6 May 2010
- Bench
- R.V. RAVEENDRAN, RAJENDRA MAL LODHA, C.K. PRASAD (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
Service Law: Misconduct - Penalty - South Bengal State Transport Corporation Service Regulations - Regulations 36 and 38 - State Transport Corporation - Charges of misconduct against respondent Conductor - Findings against him by Disciplinary 0 authority - Respondent relegated Rated Conductor- He challenged the action - Plea of bias- Further plea that the punishment imposed was not provided for in the Regulations - Held: Mere appointment of Enquiry Officer, while framing the charge sheet, before considering the reply E of respondent, did not reflect any bias -
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