HIGH COURT OF BOMBAY
Ravindra V. Ghuge, Hiten S. Venegavkar, JJ
Santosh Motiram Chavan – Appellant
Versus
Union of India – Respondent
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| 1. undisputed service history and disciplinary timeline. (Para 1 , 2) |
| 2. parties' contentions on revisional powers. (Para 3 , 4 , 5) |
| 3. revisional authority cannot annul completed enquiry. (Para 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 28) |
| 4. dismissal shockingly disproportionate to bigamy misconduct. (Para 29 , 30 , 31 , 32 , 33 , 34 , 35) |
| 5. de cannot prove bigamy pending criminal proceedings. (Para 36 , 37 , 38 , 39) |
| 6. punishment substituted with proportionate increment stoppage. (Para 40 , 41) |
ORAL JUDGMENT : (Per: Ravindra V. Ghuge, J.)
1. Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith and heard finally by the consent of the parties.
DATES AND EVENTS
2. The dates and events are undisputed before us. For ready reference, we summarise the dates and events hereunder:
(a) The Petitioner was selected and appointed as a Constable in the Railway Police Force (R.P.F.) under the Senior Divisional Security Commissioner, Bilaspur Division of the South Eastern Railway, on 22.07.2006.
(b) The Petitioner was transferred to the Central Railway under the Divisional Security Commissioner, Solapur, at Gulbarga on health grounds, on 23
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