Allowed
Nupinder Singh v. Director General Cisf & Ors.
Delhi HCW.P.(C)/7370/2022
Case brief
AI extract
What is this about?
In this Writ Petition challenging departmental orders imposing a major penalty of withholding one increment for three years, the High Court of Delhi quashed the Impugned orders. The Court held that imposing a fresh major penalty based solely on the petitioner's history of past minor punishments when the immediate charge of abuse and quarrelling was not proved violated the principle of double jeopa
What did the court decide?
The impugned orders dated 31.10.2019, 11.02.2020, and 15.03.2021 imposing the departmental penalty were set aside. The petitioner was entitled to all consequential benefits.