https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=170006 Acquittal in a criminal case does not, by itself, confer an automatic right to reinstatement in service; the effect on departmental or termination action depends on the facts, the nature of the charge, and the governing legal principle. A precedent must be applied on its own facts, and only the ratio decidendi is binding, not general observations detached from context. Because the High Court did not examine how the earlier decision applied to the factual matrix before it, its conclusion could not be sustained and the matter required reconsideration on facts. en-us Fri, 28 Jul 2006 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 24 Nov 2015 22:00:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=170006 Acquittal in a criminal case does not, by itself, confer an automatic right to reinstatement in service; the effect on departmental or termination action depends on the facts, the nature of the charge, and the governing legal principle. A precedent must be applied on its own facts, and only the ratio decidendi is binding, not general observations detached from context. Because the High Court did not examine how the earlier decision applied to the factual matrix before it, its conclusion could not be sustained and the matter required reconsideration on facts. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 28 Jul 2006 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=170006