Supreme Court · 1997 INSC 273 · Decided 14 March 1997
State of Punjab and ORS. v. Krishan Niwas
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1997 INSC 273 · [1997] 2 S.C.R. 1135
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 2222/1997
- Decided
- 14 March 1997
- Bench
- K. RAMASWAMY, G.T. NANAVATI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302; Constitution Article 311(2)
Headnote
B Service Law : Departmental proceedings--Employee convicted u/s. 302 !PC and sen­ tenced to undergo imprisonment for lif e-Depa1tme11tal proceedings initiated C against him and he was removed from service---011 appeal against judgment of trial coult, conviction u/s. 302 modified to one u/s. appeal and the appellate authority · reduced punishment of removal from service to reversion in lower pay scale without the be11efit of back-wages-Employee accepted the order and joi11ed duty-Later he filed a D civil suit for declaration that his dismissal from service, reduction of
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