https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=182239 Removal from service for unauthorised absence and leaving arms and ammunition unattended was upheld because the governing rules required prior permission before leaving station, and a mere leave application did not amount to proper intimation. The misconduct was treated as aggravated by the failure to secure permission and by exposing sensitive weapons and ammunition to risk. The Court also reaffirmed that disciplinary punishment can be interfered with only if it is shockingly disproportionate, and found no such disproportionality on the proved facts. The statutory punishment was therefore sustained. en-us Thu, 27 Feb 2003 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 05 May 2016 17:24:37 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=182239 Removal from service for unauthorised absence and leaving arms and ammunition unattended was upheld because the governing rules required prior permission before leaving station, and a mere leave application did not amount to proper intimation. The misconduct was treated as aggravated by the failure to secure permission and by exposing sensitive weapons and ammunition to risk. The Court also reaffirmed that disciplinary punishment can be interfered with only if it is shockingly disproportionate, and found no such disproportionality on the proved facts. The statutory punishment was therefore sustained. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 27 Feb 2003 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=182239