https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=196940 A statutory penalty under the Motor Vehicles Act does not extinguish an employee's separate liabilities or bar employer-initiated departmental proceedings for the same misconduct. Departmental action is treated as distinct from penal proceedings under the statute, so its initiation is not punishment for the same offence and does not attract Article 20(2) of the Constitution. The principle stated is that separate disciplinary proceedings may continue despite prior statutory penalty, and double jeopardy is not made out on that basis. en-us Wed, 19 Jul 2000 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 08 Feb 2018 14:54:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=196940 A statutory penalty under the Motor Vehicles Act does not extinguish an employee's separate liabilities or bar employer-initiated departmental proceedings for the same misconduct. Departmental action is treated as distinct from penal proceedings under the statute, so its initiation is not punishment for the same offence and does not attract Article 20(2) of the Constitution. The principle stated is that separate disciplinary proceedings may continue despite prior statutory penalty, and double jeopardy is not made out on that basis. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 19 Jul 2000 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=196940