Supreme Court of India
Union of India and Others v. P. Gunasekaran
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Service Law- Disciplinary proceedings - Punishment - High Court acting as appellate authority, re-appreciating even the evidence before the enquiry officer - Propriety - Held: Not proper- In disciplinary proceedings, the High Court is not and cannot act as a second court of first appeal - High Court, in exercise of its powers under Article 2261227 of the Constitution, shall not venture into re-appreciation of the evidence - High Court can only see whether: a) the enquiry is held by a competent authority; b) the enquiry is held according to the procedure prescribed in that behalf; c) there is…
Authorities it was built on
- 1963 Syed Yakoob v. K.S. Radhakrishnan & Others
- 2000 Om Kumar and Ors. v. Union of India in Delhi Development Authority v. Skipper Construction and Anr.
- 1995 B.C. Chaturvedi v. Union of India and Ors.
- 1997 Union of India and Another v. G. Ganayutham (dead) by Lrs.
- 2014 Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board and Others v. T.T. Murali Babu
- 1975 State of Andhra Pradesh & Ors. v. Chitra Venkata Rao
- 2007 Management of Coimbatore District Central Co-operative Bank v. Secretary, Coimbatore District Central Co-operative Bank Employees Association and Anr.
- 2009 Chairman-cum-managing Director, Coal India A Limited & Anr. v. Mukul Kumar Choudhuri & Ors.
Where later benches applied it
- 2024 Chatrapal v. State of Uttar Pradesh & Anr.
- 2021 Union of India & Ors. v. Dalbir Singh
- 2020 Director General of Police, Railway Protection Force and Ors. v. Rajendra Kumar Dubey
- 2025 Maharana Pratap Singh v. The State of Bihar & Ors
- 2022 Union of India and Others v. Subrata Nath
Of those, 3 relied on · 2 referred to
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