Supreme Court · 1970 INSC 23 · Decided 16 February 1970
State of Punjab v. Dewan Chuni Lal
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1970 INSC 23 · [1970] 3 S.C.R. 694
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 2348/1966
- Decided
- 16 February 1970
- Bench
- J.M. SHELAT, G.K. MITTER (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 311
Headnote
PUNJAB v. DEWAN CHUNI LAL February 16, 19'70 [J. M. SHELAT AND G. K. MITTER, J1.J Constitution of India, Art. 311-0pportunity to show cause "llflinst dismiss•·l-Departmental enquiry is vitiated if officer concerned Is not given reasonob/e opportunizy of conducting his defence. respondent was a Sub-l!jSpector of Police and had served as such in various places which are no,,V in Pakistan before being posteq to Gurgaon in 1948. His confi<lential service reports upto 1940 were satis­ factory. In 1941 and 1942 he got bad reports. However he was allowed to cross the
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