Supreme Court · 2020 INSC 188 · Decided 14 February 2020
The State of Karnataka & ANR. v. N. Gangaraj
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2020 INSC 188 · [2020] 1 S.C.R. 616
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 8071/2014
- Decided
- 14 February 2020
- Bench
- S. ABDUL NAZEER, HEMANT GUPTA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Prevention of Corruption Act Section 13(2)
Headnote
Administrative law: Judicial review - Punishment for misconduct - Interference by court, permissibility - In the instant case, a complaint of illegal gratification was filed against respondent-Inspector - Disciplinary proceedings conducted against him - Inquiry that the charges levelled against him were proved - Termination from service - Aggrieved respondent invoked the jurisdiction of Tribunal - Tribunal set aside the order of punishment by holding that the criminal court, on the same set of facts, did not place reliance on the
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