https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=170789 A charge-sheet issued by a senior subordinate officer was treated as competent where the Standing Orders required managerial approval for dismissal but did not reserve initiation of disciplinary action to the manager alone. Unexplained delay of about one year in commencing the enquiry, without satisfactory justification and causing prejudice, was held to vitiate the disciplinary process. The same officer acting first as charge-sheeting authority, then as witness and company representative, was treated as contrary to natural justice and indicative of bias, rendering the enquiry and resulting disciplinary action unsustainable. en-us Wed, 10 May 2000 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 15 Jun 2015 15:40:38 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=170789 A charge-sheet issued by a senior subordinate officer was treated as competent where the Standing Orders required managerial approval for dismissal but did not reserve initiation of disciplinary action to the manager alone. Unexplained delay of about one year in commencing the enquiry, without satisfactory justification and causing prejudice, was held to vitiate the disciplinary process. The same officer acting first as charge-sheeting authority, then as witness and company representative, was treated as contrary to natural justice and indicative of bias, rendering the enquiry and resulting disciplinary action unsustainable. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 10 May 2000 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=170789