Supreme Court · 1999 INSC 311 · Decided 6 August 1999
Zunjarrao Bhikaji Nagarkar v. Union of India and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1999 INSC 311 · [1999] SUPP. 1 S.C.R. 87
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 4294/1999
- Decided
- 6 August 1999
- Bench
- S. SAGHIR AHMAD, D.P. WADHWA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Central Excise Act Section 35E
Headnote
B Servi~ law: Central Civil Services (Classification, Control & Appeal) Rules, I965:­ Rule I 4-Disciplinary Proceedings-Initiation of -On the basis of vague C and indefinite information-Held, not correct, suspicion has no role to play in such matter. MISCONDUCT : Allegation of-Against D sheet against a quasi judicial authority something more has to be alleged than a mere mistake of law. e.g., in the nature of some extraneous consideration-Wrong exercise of jurisdiction cannot form basis for initiating disciplinary proceedings, since the wrong can be corrected in appeal.
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