All India Services (Discipline and Appeal) Rules, 1969

Badrinath, an IAS officer, was denied promotion to the super‑time scale on the ground of pending disciplinary cases and adverse confidential report remarks. He challenged the State and Central Governments' orders, arguing that the Governor’s order during President's rule had dropped the disciplinary cases, rendering th…

S.R. Tewari, an IPS officer on deputation with the BSF, was subjected to disciplinary proceedings resulting in eight charges, of which only charges 4 and 6 were held proved. The disciplinary authority initially dismissed him, the Central Administrative Tribunal reinstated him, and the Delhi High Court directed a fresh …

Sunil Kumar Banerjee, an IAS officer, was subjected to a disciplinary enquiry under Rule 8 of the All India Services (Discipline and Appeal) Rules, 1969. The Commissioner for Departmental Enquiries, Vigilance Commission, West Bengal acted as the Enquiry Officer and recommended reduction in rank. The appellant challenge…

Dr. P.S. Malik, an Additional District Judge, was accused of sexual harassment by a junior judicial assistant. The Delhi High Court's Full Court suspended him and constituted an Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) under the Sexual Harassment Act, 2013, which submitted a preliminary report recommending a disciplinary in…

Hari Ram Yadav, an IFS officer of the Haryana cadre, was suspended during pending disciplinary proceedings. He challenged the suspension order before the Central Administrative Tribunal, arguing that the order did not state that the Governor of Haryana was satisfied that suspension was necessary or desirable, as requir…

Sunny Abraham, an Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax, was subjected to disciplinary proceedings under Rule 14 of the Central Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 1965. A charge memorandum was issued on 18 Nov 2002 without the Finance Minister’s (the Disciplinary Authority’s) approval, which was …

R. Vishwanatha Pillai was appointed to posts reserved for Scheduled Castes on the basis of a caste certificate that was later found to be false. An anthropological enquiry and a Scrutiny Committee confirmed that he did not belong to a Scheduled Caste, leading to the cancellation of his appointment. The Supreme Court he…

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…

Markandey Singh, a former Deputy Superintendent of Police in Uttar Pradesh, was absorbed into the Himachal Pradesh‑Delhi joint IPS cadre in 1963 and was allotted the year 1958 as his year of allotment. He later claimed that his officiation as Superintendent of Police while on deputation from 6 December 1961 to 13 May 1…