Constitution of India — Article 14 — Punishment — Disproportionate to gravity of misconduct

July 29th, 2013

Constitution of India — Article 14 — Punishment — Disproportionate to gravity of misconduct, Effect of — Held, if the punishment awarded is disproportionate to the gravity of the misconduct, it would be arbitrary, and thus, would violate the mandate of Article 14 of the Constitution.

Ranjit Thakur v. Union of India & Ors., AIR 1987 SC 2386, Union of India & Anr. v. G. Ganayutham (dead by Lrs.), AIR 1997 SC 3387; State of Uttar Pradesh & Ors. v. J.P. Saraswat, (2011) 4 SCC 545; Chandra Kumar Chopra v. Union of India & Ors., (2012) 6 SCC 369; and Registrar General, Patna High Court v. Pandey Gajendra Prasad & Ors., AIR 2012 SC 2319 & Union of India & Ors. v. R.K. Sharma, AIR 2001 SC 3053, Referred.

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S.R. Tewari v. Union of India[Bench Strength 2], Civil Appeal Nos. 4715-4716/2013 (Arising out of S.L.P. (C) Nos. 22263-22264/2012)(28/05/2013), 2013(7) SCALE 417 [B.S. Chauhan, J.: Dipak Misra, J.]

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