Supreme Court · 2025 INSC 1056 · Decided 29 August 2025
State of Punjab and Others v. EX. C. Satpal Singh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2025 INSC 1056 · [2025] 8 S.C.R. 2326
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 312/2012
- Decided
- 29 August 2025
- Bench
- J.K. MAHESHWARI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
Issue arose for consideration whether the disciplinary authority took into consideration the past conduct of the respondent while passing the dismissal order. Service law - Dismissal from service - Unauthorized absence - Respondent and then transferred to the Commando Force - Respondent dismissed from the service on account of unauthorized absence - Respondent remained absent from duty for 68 days, 180 days, 20 days, and lastly for 37 days, for which the departmental enquiry was initiated, and was dismissed
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