Supreme Court · 2010 INSC 452 · Decided 29 July 2010
Union of India and Others v. Mahaveer C. Singhvi
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2010 INSC 452 · [2010] 9 S.C.R. 246
- Case number
- SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CIVIL) No. 27702/2008
- Decided
- 29 July 2010
- Bench
- ALTAMAS KABIR, J.M. PANCHAL, CYRIAC JOSEPH (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
Service Law: Discharge of an IFS probationer during the period of probation - Challenged - HELD: The order had been issued on account of the alleged misconduct of the probationer which was the very basis of the order, although nothing was found 0 against him on the basis of the inquiries conducted passed as a punitive measure without giving the probationer any opportunity of defending himself and, as such, was rightly set aside by the High Court- Natural justice. The respondent, who was appointed to the Indian E Foreign Service on 21.9.1999, was, by order dated 13.6.2002, discharged from
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