https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=174128 The Supreme Court set aside the judgment against an Inspector accused of gross misconduct for failing to seize tainted money during a raid operation. The court ruled in favor of the Inspector, emphasizing that the failure did not constitute misconduct as it was not willful or unlawful behavior. The court highlighted that negligence alone does not amount to misconduct and disciplinary action should be based on intentional wrongdoing. The Inspector's actions were deemed not to justify the imposed punishment of forfeiture of service, overturning the decisions of the disciplinary authority, Commissioner of Police, Central Administrative Tribunal, and High Court. en-us Thu, 05 Apr 2007 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 23 Jun 2016 17:26:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=174128 The Supreme Court set aside the judgment against an Inspector accused of gross misconduct for failing to seize tainted money during a raid operation. The court ruled in favor of the Inspector, emphasizing that the failure did not constitute misconduct as it was not willful or unlawful behavior. The court highlighted that negligence alone does not amount to misconduct and disciplinary action should be based on intentional wrongdoing. The Inspector's actions were deemed not to justify the imposed punishment of forfeiture of service, overturning the decisions of the disciplinary authority, Commissioner of Police, Central Administrative Tribunal, and High Court. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 05 Apr 2007 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=174128