NDLI: Professor Ramesh Chandra Vs. University of Delhi & Ors.

Content Provider	Supreme Court of India
e-ISSN	30484839
Language	English
Access Restriction	NDLI
Subject Keyword	Service law: Termination of service - Respondent-
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Law Judgement
Jurisdiction	India
Case Type	Appeal
Court	Supreme Court of India
Disposal Nature	Appeal Allowed
Headnote	Service law: Termination of service ~ Respondent- University decided to punish the appellant and subsequently framed memorandum of charges — Show cause notice was issued and inquiry was conducted just to give a colour of legal procedure — Departmental inquiries conducted against the appellant,were in violation of rules of natural justice - Order of termination cannot be upheld.Administrative law:Bias - Retired judge appointed as inquiry officer by respondent-University to conduct Disciplinary inquiry against the appellant — Retired judge before his appointment as judge was a lawyer of respondent- University ~ Held: Disciplinary authority should not engage.. such retired judge as inquiry officer as it may amount to bias. Natural justice — Held: If any person who is or was a legal practitioner, including a retired judge is appointed as Inquiry Officer in an inquiry initiated against an employee, the denial of assistance of legal practitioner to the charged . employee is unfair. :
Judge	Hon'ble Mr. Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya
Neutral Citation	2015 INSC 99
Petitioner	Professor Ramesh Chandra
Respondent	University Of Delhi & Ors.
SCR	[2015] 3 S.C.R. 63
Judgement Date	2015-02-06
Case Number	8224

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Professor Ramesh Chandra Vs. University of Delhi & Ors.