Supreme Court · 2022 INSC 902 · Decided 2 September 2022
The State of Rajasthan & ORS. v. Phool Singh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2022 INSC 902 · [2022] 11 S.C.R. 140
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 5930/2022
- Decided
- 2 September 2022
- Bench
- S. RAVINDRA BHAT, SUDHANSHU DHULIA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 392, 34, 3, 25; Arms Act Section 3, 25
Headnote
Service Law - Penal Code, 1860 - s.392 - Arms Act - ss.3/25 - Respondent-delinquent employee's dismissal from service was quashed by High Court on the ground that he was acquitted by criminal court on the same set of facts and charges on which he faced reinstatement in service - Correctness of - Held: A departmental proceeding is different from a criminal proceeding - A delinquent employee after his dismissal from service, nevertheless, seeks reinstatement when he is acquitted by a criminal court on the same set of charges
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