The Union of India and senior railway officials filed a writ petition challenging a Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) order that quashed two earlier orders of the Divisional Railway Manager directing the petitioners to refund demurrage and wharfage charges recovered from the respondent. The …
The respondents were appointed to the Eastern Railway on compassionate grounds, but the railway authority later discovered that the documents supporting their claims were forged and terminated their services. The respondents challenged the termination before the Central Administrative Tribunal, …
The case concerned the dismissal of Deputy Superintendent Ved Mitter Gill and four other jail officials after four under‑trial terrorists escaped from Model Jail, Burail, Chandigarh through a 94‑foot tunnel. The authorities invoked clause (b) of the second proviso to Article 311(2) of the …
Mathura Prasad, a casual labourer, was shortlisted for regularisation and his service card was sent for verification, where it was deemed fake. A departmental inquiry was held, but the inquiry officer’s report did not clearly state whether the card was genuine. The disciplinary authority sent a …
Ram Chander, a Grade B shunter, was removed from railway service for assaulting his superior. An ex parte enquiry found him guilty, and the General Manager imposed removal. The appellant appealed to the Railway Board under Rule 18(ii) of the Railway Servants (Discipline & Appeal) Rules, 1968, but …
This Constitution Bench judgment interprets the second proviso to Article 311(2) of the Constitution of India, which allows dismissal, removal, or reduction in rank of a civil servant without an inquiry in three exceptional circumstances: conviction on a criminal charge, when it is not reasonably …
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