https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=273526 A disciplinary authority cannot sustain dismissal on identical charges and facts after a criminal court has acquitted the employee on the merits, because natural justice does not permit a contrary finding on the same foundation. The rule is not absolute: a technical acquittal or one based on defects such as want of sanction may still leave room for departmental action. Here, the grave charges could not stand after the merits-based acquittal, and the remaining irregularities were too minor to justify dismissal. The dismissal was therefore quashed, with the matter remitted for fresh consideration only on the charges still established. en-us Wed, 25 Nov 1964 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 30 Jun 2018 13:23:12 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=273526 A disciplinary authority cannot sustain dismissal on identical charges and facts after a criminal court has acquitted the employee on the merits, because natural justice does not permit a contrary finding on the same foundation. The rule is not absolute: a technical acquittal or one based on defects such as want of sanction may still leave room for departmental action. Here, the grave charges could not stand after the merits-based acquittal, and the remaining irregularities were too minor to justify dismissal. The dismissal was therefore quashed, with the matter remitted for fresh consideration only on the charges still established. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 25 Nov 1964 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=273526