https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=190401 Non-furnishing of an enquiry report in disciplinary proceedings does not automatically invalidate punishment where the service rules require supply of the report. The Supreme Court treated the duty to furnish the report as a mandatory procedural safeguard, but held that it is subject to the prejudice test: the delinquent employee must show actual prejudice caused by the omission. On the facts, the employee had received the show-cause notice after the enquiry report and did not establish that the missing report prevented an effective reply or affected the outcome, so the dismissal was not quashed. en-us Wed, 02 May 2001 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 14 Feb 2017 17:06:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=190401 Non-furnishing of an enquiry report in disciplinary proceedings does not automatically invalidate punishment where the service rules require supply of the report. The Supreme Court treated the duty to furnish the report as a mandatory procedural safeguard, but held that it is subject to the prejudice test: the delinquent employee must show actual prejudice caused by the omission. On the facts, the employee had received the show-cause notice after the enquiry report and did not establish that the missing report prevented an effective reply or affected the outcome, so the dismissal was not quashed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 02 May 2001 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=190401