Supreme Court · 2005 INSC 563 · Decided 11 November 2005
U.P.S.R.T.C. v. Mahendra Nath Tiwari and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2005 INSC 563 · [2005] SUPP. 5 S.C.R. 217
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 6703/2005
- Decided
- 11 November 2005
- Bench
- RUMA PAL, P.K. BALASUBRAMANYAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
Service law: Disciplinary proceedings: Misconduct-Conductor found driving bus-Dismissal from service­ Justification of-Held: Conductor had no authority to drive the bus-This is a serious misconduct on his part justifying his dismissal as he endangered the public as well as property of his travelling in the bus but not issued tickets-Held: Amounts to breach of trust placed on conductor by the employer as he is duty bound to collect fare from every passenger on behalf of his employer. Misappropriation of funds-Used tickets found in possession of E conductor-The amount involved
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