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SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
Dipankar Datta, Satish Chandra Sharma, JJ
Punjab & Sind Bank – Appellant
Versus
Raj Kumar – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. factual history regarding disciplinary action in banking service. (Para 1 , 2) |
| 2. contentions regarding discriminatory punishment and proportionality. (Para 3 , 4) |
| 3. limited scope of judicial review in disciplinary matters. (Para 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11) |
| 4. parity of punishment does not apply when roles differ. (Para 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16) |
| 5. restoration of disciplinary authority's original penalty. (Para 17 , 18 , 19 , 20) |
DIPANKAR DATTA, J.
The greater the trust reposed, the stricter the scrutiny imposed.
1. The present appeal, by special leave, at the instance of Punjab and Sind Bank, s R1ig n takes exception to the judgment and order dated 11th
2 3 September, 2024 of the High Court of Delhi . Vide the impugned
4 order, a writ appeal filed by the P&SB was dismissed and the
5 judgment and order of the Single Judge, allowing a writ petition filed by the respondent, affirmed. The Single Judge modified the punishment of ‘dismissal from service’ imposed upon the respondent Signature Not Verified D JA ig T it I a N ll D y E K e AP d U b &R y SB Date: 2026.04.02
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