Supreme Court of India

Arjun Chaubey v. Union of India and Others

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Bench Y.V. Chandrachud CJI, V.D. Tulzapurkar, R.S. Pathak, D.P. Madon and M.P. Thakkar JJ.
Decided 23 March 1984

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What the Court ordered

In the result, we allow the appeal and set aside the judgment· of the High Court.

Judgment, page 6

In brief

The appellant was a senior clerk in the office of the Chief Commercial Superintendent, Northern Railway, Varanasi. On 22 May 1982 he was served a letter listing 12 charges of gross indiscipline, of which charges 2 to 7 and 11 related to his alleged misconduct towards the Deputy Chief Commercial Superintendent (Respondent 3) personally — including abusing him in his office, forcing himself upon him with petty complaints, and hiring goondas to create security problems for him and his family.…

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