Supreme Court · 2008 INSC 933 · Decided 13 August 2008
State of Uttaranchal & ORS. v. Kharak Singh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2008 INSC 933 · [2008] 12 S.C.R. 54
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 4531/2007
- Decided
- 13 August 2008
- Bench
- R.V. RAVEENDRAN, P. SATHASIVAM (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
54 +- A STATE OF UTTARANCHAL & ORS. v. KHARAK SINGH (Civil Appeal No. 4531 of 2007) B AUGUST 13, 2008. [R.V. RAVEENDRAN AND P. SATHASIVAM, JJ] Service law - Departmental enquiry - Forest Guard al- legedly involved in illegal felling of trees - Enquiry conducted c by enquiry officer - - Enquiry Officer himself in- spected areas in the forest and noted shortfall of trees, con- D ducted enquiry, held that charges were proved and recom- mended dismissal from service - He himself acted as inves- tigator, prosecutor and judge which is opposed to principles -t- of natural
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