Service Law – Compulsory Retirement – Judicial Officer Misconduct – Appeal Dismissed – Appellant, a Senior Division Civil Judge, was compulsorily retired based on charges of threatening police officials to influence investigation involving his sister – Enquiry Officer held charges proved and recommended penalty – Held: No infirmity in enquiry or penalty process ...
Service Law – Departmental Proceedings – Misconduct in Sanctioning Loans – Class IV employee working as messenger alleged to have acted as middleman in loan disbursements and accepted bribes from customers – Disciplinary proceedings conducted with full opportunity, and loanees deposed against him – Held: Charges proved based on preponderance of probabilities; findings...
Service Law - Disciplinary Proceedings – Dismissal of Bank Officer – Violation of Natural Justice – Dismissal Quashed – The appellant, a retired officer of Vijaya Bank (now merged with Bank of Baroda), challenged his dismissal on grounds of breach of natural justice, specifically for non-furnishing of the preliminary inquiry report, failure to comply with Regulation 6(17) o...
Labour Law - Industrial Disputes – Unauthorized Absence – Validity of Dismissal – Tribunal’s Interference – Set Aside – Respondent workman, a permanent underground loader, remained absent without authorization from 28.02.1997 till conclusion of enquiry on 13.03.1999 – Disciplinary proceedings held ex parte after repeated notices – Tribunal held dismi...
Service Law – Withholding of Gratuity – Rule 2.2(b), 2.2(c) & 9.14 Punjab CSR – Criminal Case Unrelated to Official Duty – Petition Allowed – Petitioner retired in 2004, gratuity withheld due to criminal proceedings—convicted in 2013 but acquitted by High Court in 2018—State’s appeal pending in Supreme Court—Court held Rule 2.2(b) applies o...
Judicial Service Law - Appointment of District Judges – Interpretation of Article 233(2) – Reference to Constitution Bench – Civil Appeal and Connected Matters – Multiple petitions sought review/clarification of Dheeraj Mor v. High Court of Delhi (2020) 7 SCC 401, wherein a three-judge bench held that only persons not in judicial service are eligible for direct recruitment ...
Service Law - Transfer Policy – Mass Transfers at behest of Public Representatives – G.O.Ms.No.23 (15.05.2025) & G.O.Ms.No.5 (12.06.2025) – Partial Allowance/Remand – Common order on batch WPs challenging 2025 transfers; Court finds large-scale recommendations by MLAs/MPs fixed both transfer and posting, undermining executive instructions; directs fresh counselling stri...
Civil Writ - Public Appointment – Managing Director – Section 20 of Warehousing Corporations Act – Interim Appointment Quashed – State Government appointed retired police officer as Managing Director without effective consultation with Board of Directors – Held: Appointment violative of Section 20(1)(c) which mandates consultation with Board before such appointment &n...
Judicial Service Law - In-House Procedure – Constitutional Validity – Challenge by Sitting Judge – Petition Dismissed – A sitting High Court judge filed a writ petition under Article 32 challenging the validity of paragraphs 5(b) and 7(ii) of the In-House Procedure adopted by the Supreme Court in 1999, contending that it violates Articles 14, 21, 124(4), and the Judges (Inq...
Service Law – Reversion After 35 Years – Validity of Appointment and Promotion – Reversion Set Aside – The appellant was appointed as Stenographer in 1988 after undergoing shorthand training at ITI and was promoted through the judicial hierarchy to Deputy Registrar – The High Court allowed a writ petition filed in 2018 challenging his eligibility and directed his reve...