https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=303079 Departmental and criminal proceedings may proceed simultaneously, as there is no legal bar to parallel action and the standard of proof in each is different. A stay of disciplinary inquiry is justified only in exceptional cases where the charges are identical or closely similar, the criminal case involves grave allegations, and complicated questions of law and fact make continuation unfair or imprudent. The administrative interest in prompt disciplinary action must also be weighed. On these principles, the request to stay the departmental proceedings was rejected and the inquiry was allowed to continue. en-us Sat, 28 Oct 2006 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 02 Jul 2022 16:03:43 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=303079 Departmental and criminal proceedings may proceed simultaneously, as there is no legal bar to parallel action and the standard of proof in each is different. A stay of disciplinary inquiry is justified only in exceptional cases where the charges are identical or closely similar, the criminal case involves grave allegations, and complicated questions of law and fact make continuation unfair or imprudent. The administrative interest in prompt disciplinary action must also be weighed. On these principles, the request to stay the departmental proceedings was rejected and the inquiry was allowed to continue. Case-Laws Indian Laws Sat, 28 Oct 2006 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=303079