All India Services (Conduct) Rules, 1968

Vijay Shankar Pandey, an IAS officer, was charged under the All India Services (Conduct) Rules for filing a writ petition that criticised the government’s handling of black‑money issues. An enquiry officer exonerated him, but the Uttar Pradesh government rejected the report and ordered a fresh two‑member inquiry board …

The case concerned a senior IAS officer, Badrinath, who delivered a speech criticizing the Red Fort time‑capsule and later sought to sue the Chief Secretary for defamation. He applied for permission under Rule 17 of the All India Services (Conduct) Rules, 1968, which bars civil servants from suing for vindication of an…

The appellants, a group of journalists and media houses, were charged with defamation for publishing a news item that alleged the Additional Commissioner of Police, Rajiv Trivedi, facilitated the Sohrabuddin encounter. The second respondent obtained a previous sanction under Section 199(4)(b) of the Criminal Procedure …

The State of Madhya Pradesh appealed against the High Court’s order affirming a Central Administrative Tribunal decision that quashed a charge‑sheet issued to Superintendent of Police Akhilesh Jha for allegedly defying orders to disband a ‘Gunda Squad’ and for a custodial death. The Tribunal had held the charge‑sheet v…