Rajni Sharma v. School Management of Guru Harkishan Public School Thr Principal & Manager & Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Delhi High Court LPA 638/2013, Rajni Sharma v. School Management of Guru Harkishan Public School; coram V. Kameswar Rao and Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora JJ.; decided 07.04.2026 by parity of reasons with the Coordinate Bench ruling in the Intra-Court Appeal on W.P.(C) 8040/2011. Suspension order dated 13.11.2011 set aside/quashed; W.P.(C) 8055/2011 allowed on the suspension limb; challenge to preliminary enquiry rejected (preliminary enquiry merely fact-finding); appeal dismissed on that limb. Termination of services upheld by Delhi School Education Tribunal; appellant's challenge to the Tribunal's judgment pending before the High Court; decision on suspension subject to that outcome. Appeal disposed of / partly allowed.
What did the court decide?
Appeal disposed of: the learned Single Judge's rejection of the appellant's challenge to her suspension order dated 13.11.2011 is set aside and the order of suspension is quashed (W.P.(C) 8055/2011 allowed to that extent); the appeal is dismissed to the extent of the challenge to the preliminary enquiry; substantive relief is conditioned on the outcome of the appellant's pending challenge before the learned Single Judge to her termination, which was upheld by the Delhi School Education Tribunal.