Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 154 -- FIR - Information disclosing cognizable offence - Concerned police officer cannot embark upon an enquiry as to whether information is reliable and genuine or otherwise - Concerned police officer cannot refuse to register a case on the ground that information is not reliable or credible - Failure to register case - Aggrieved..........
Service -- Natural justice - Post-decisional hearing - Misconduct - Disciplinary proceedings not held - When Disciplinary Authority already arrived at a finding without conducting an enquiry then post-decisional hearing is not called for - In that event result of such hearing is a foregone conclusion...........
Oriental Bank of Commerce Officer Employees (Conduct) Regulations, 1982 -- Regulation 3(1) - Punishment - Quantum of punishment - Misconduct - Misappropriation of Rs. 10 lacs of Banks' money by appellant-Bank Officer - Acted beyond his authority in breach of bank's Regulation - It is a case of loss of confidence in the officer by the bank - It would be a futile exercise of..........
Oriental Bank of Commerce Officer Employees (Conduct) Regulations, 1982 -- Regulation 3(1) - Departmental enquiry - Non furnishing of opinion of handwriting expert despite request - No prejudice caused to the appellant by non-furnishing of the copy of the handwriting expert - No allegation of mala fides, bias or violation of principles of natural justice brought to notice...........
Service -- Domestic enquiry - Principles of Evidence Act have no application in a domestic enquiry...........
Service -- Domestic enquiry - Principles of natural justice are required to be complied with in a domestic enquiry, however, they cannot be stretched too far nor can they be applied in a vacuum...........
Service -- Domestic enquiry - Standard of proof - Standard of proof in relation to the domestic enquiry is preponderance of probability...........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 203, 204, 154 -- Complaint dismissed u/s 203 Cr.P.C. after enquiry - FIR lodged thereafter on same facts with same allegations - Amounts to abuse of process of Court - FIR and proceedings quashed...........
Haryana Canal and Drainage Act, 1974, Section 55(i) -- Hearing to aggrieved party - Challenge to change of wari and digging of water course by canal Authorities - Water course to be dug out of land of petitioner - Sec. 55(1) casts duty upon Deputy Collector to pass orders only regarding use of distribution of water after making enquiry into matter and giving notices to all..........
Central Industrial Security Force Rules, 2001 -- Departmental enquiry - De novo enquiry - No reason whatsoever stated for directing a de-novo enquiry - No jurisdiction is vested in the appellate authority even upon liberal construction of the provisions of Rule 52(2) (c) ...........
