Union Of India vs Dilip Paul - 2023 Supreme(SC) 1107

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Advocates appeared:
For the Appellant(s) : Mr. Arvind Kumar Sharma, AOR
For the Respondent(s): Mr. Avijit Roy, AOR

JUDGMENT :

J.B. PARDIWALA, J.

For the convenience of the exposition, this judgement is divided in the following parts: -

A. FACTUAL MATRIX

A.1 On-Spot/Preliminary Inquiry Report

A.2 Frontier Complaints Committee’s Inquiry Report

A.3 Central Complaints Committee’s Inquiry Report

A.4 Defence of the Respondent

A.5 Proceedings before the CAT

A.6 Proceedings before the High Court

B. IMPUGNED ORDER PASSED BY THE HIGH COURT

C. SUBMISSIONS ON BEHALF OF THE APPELLANT

D. SUBMISSIONS ON BEHALF OF THE RESPONDENT

E. ANALYSIS

E.1 Relevant Statutory Scheme and Case Law

E.2 Whether the Central Complaints Committee could have looked into the second complaint dated 18.09.2012?

i) Principle of “Test of Prejudice” in Service Jurisprudence

E.3 Whether the Central Complaints Committee could have put questions to the witnesses in a departmental inquiry?

i) “Fact Finding” Authority in Disciplinary Proceedings

E.4 Whether the Central Complaints Committee based its findings on