Supreme Court · 1996 INSC 431 · Decided 22 March 1996
State of Punjab and ORS. v. Surjit Singh Conductor
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1996 INSC 431 · [1996] 3 S.C.R. 817
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 7022/1996
- Decided
- 22 March 1996
- Bench
- K. RAMASWAMY, G.B. PATTANAIK (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
Service Law : . . ... Discipli1.wry authority-Power to withhold a"ears of salary for the period of suspe11sion:-lJiscipli11ary proceedings-Suspension of delinquent pending inquiiy-Charges proved-Punishment-Stoppage of three annual increments with cumulative effect and withholding payment of withholding payment of a1Tears of salary-Held, _the 1Ules indicate withholding of payment of an-ears of salary as one of the modes of punishment-Discipli- nary authority rightly exercised its power-Civil Court has no jurisdiction to substitute the punislunent intposed by disciplinary
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