Supreme Court · 1996 INSC 359 · Decided 11 March 1996
State of U.P. and ORS. v. Nand Kishore Shukla and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1996 INSC 359 · [1996] 3 S.C.R. 219
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 4722/1996
- Decided
- 11 March 1996
- Bench
- K. RAMASWAMY, G.B. PATTANAIK (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
AND ORS. A v. ' NANO KISHORE SHUKLA AND ANR. MARCH 11, 1996 [K. RAMASWAMY AND G.B. PATTANAIK, JJ.) B U.P. Government Servant Conduct Rules, 1956 : Rule 24. Service law-Employee-Misconduct-Enquiry-Alleged sale and pur- x chase of properties without permission of authority-Charge proved in respect authority-Setting aside of-Order by High Court-Held not justified in the circumstances of the case. Doctrine of proportionality-Imposition of punishment-It is for dis- D ciplinary authority to consider the nature of punishment-Proportionality of punishment cannot be gone into by Court. '-!
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