Supreme Court · 1981 INSC 32 · Decided 11 February 1981
Union of India & ORS. v. M. B. Patnaik & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1981 INSC 32 · [1981] 2 S.C.R. 817
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 2119/1979
- Decided
- 11 February 1981
- Bench
- S. MURTAZA FAZAL ALI, A. VARADARAJAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Evidence Act
Headnote
Disciplinary Proceedings in a service matter-Order of reversion quashed by the High Court on a technical ground-Propriety of the second enquiry on merits-Whether it is necessary that the enquiry which had been held in part by more than one enquiry offecers should be continued by the satne enquiry to hold their 1'e~pec1ivc offices by rcasori of their promotion to higher posts-Whether t11e second enquiry A B done by them while holding the higher promotional posts are bad and without C authority of law. Allowing the appeals by special leave, the Court, HELD: (1) When an earlier order of
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