Supreme Court of India

The Rajasthan Marudhara Gramin Bank (rmgb) & Anr. v. Ramesh Chandra Meena & Anr.

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Bench M. R. Shah and Sanjiv Khanna JJ.
Decided 4 January 2022

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What the Court ordered

In view of the above and for the reasons stated above, the High Court has committed an error in permitting respondent delinquent officer to be represented in the departmental enquiry through ex-employee of the Bank.

Judgment, page 15

From the headnote

Rajasthan Marudhara Gramin Bank (Officers and Employees) Service Regulation, 2010: Regn.44 – Misconduct – Departmental inquiry – Permission to engage any legal practitioner or retired employee of the bank as defence representative (DR) – Held: Regn.44 puts specific restriction on engagement of a legal practitioner and it provides that for the purpose of an enquiry under Regulation, 2010, the officer or employee shall not engage a legal practitioner without prior permission of the competent authority – Therefore, even availing the services of legal practitioner is not permissible without the…

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