Supreme Court · 1998 INSC 277 · Decided 30 July 1998
Union of India and ORS. v. Dinanath Shantaram Karekar and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1998 INSC 277 · [1998] 3 S.C.R. 933
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1477/1993
- Decided
- 30 July 1998
- Bench
- S. SAGHIR AHMAD, G.B. PATTANAIK (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
B Service Law : Departmental Enquiry-Procedure-Charge-sheet and show-cause notice-Service of-By registered post and pub!ication in a newspaper- C Sufficiency of-Charge-sheet sent by registered post received back with postal endorsement "not found"-Show-cause notice published in the charge-sheet should have been made-Newspaper not shown to be popular or having wide circulation-Hence, disciplinary proceedings vitiated for D want of service of charge-sheet and showe-casue notice-Further, service of charge-sheet is different from communication of termination order.
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