Supreme Court · 2007 INSC 1315 · Decided 14 December 2007
State of Gujarat v. Gajanand M. Dalwadi (D) BY L.RS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2007 INSC 1315 · [2007] 13 S.C.R. 913
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 2322/2006
- Decided
- 14 December 2007
- Bench
- S.B. SINHA, H.S. BEDI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
B Service Law-Removal from service-On the charge of forgery of a licence-Punishment held not justified by State Civil Services Tribunal on the ground that delinquent officer forged the licence at c the instance of a colleague-Single Judge of High Court setting aside the order of Tribunal-Division quantum of punishment not justified-Forgery being a misconduct of grave magnitude, if proved, cannot be ignored on surmises and conjectures D -Equity is such case has no role to play-Interference with the quantum of punishment ordinarily is not permissible; unless it is held to be wholly
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