Constitution of India — Articles 32 & 226 — Departmental proceedings

July 29th, 2013

Constitution of India — Articles 32 & 226 — Departmental proceedings — Role of court, Nature and Scope — Held, role of the court in the matter of departmental proceedings is very limited and the court cannot substitute its own views or findings by replacing the findings arrived at by the authority on detailed appreciation of the evidence on record.

Union of India & Ors. v. Bodupalli Gopalaswami, (2011) 13 SCC 553; Sanjay Kumar Singh v. Union of India & Ors., AIR 2012 SC 1783, B.C. Chaturvedi v. Union of India & Ors., AIR 1996 SC 484, V. Ramana v. A.P.S.R.T.C. & Ors., AIR 2005 SC 3417, State of Meghalaya & Ors. v. Mecken Singh N. Marak, AIR 2008 SC 2862 & Depot Manager, A.P.S.R.T.C. v. P. Jayaram Reddy, (2009) 2 SCC 681, 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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