https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=305255 An Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police was held competent to impose dismissal on a constable because the governing statute and rules permitted lawful delegation of the superior's disciplinary powers. The show-cause notice was not invalid in the circumstances, as the disciplinary authority had indicated its partial disagreement with the inquiry officer and the notice was not found to be vague. On proportionality, dismissal was found excessive for the proved misconduct of abusive language, so the penalty was reduced to stoppage of two increments with cumulative effect. The dismissal order was set aside, back wages were denied, and other consequential benefits were granted. en-us Fri, 01 Sep 1995 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 24 Nov 2022 12:17:13 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=305255 An Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police was held competent to impose dismissal on a constable because the governing statute and rules permitted lawful delegation of the superior's disciplinary powers. The show-cause notice was not invalid in the circumstances, as the disciplinary authority had indicated its partial disagreement with the inquiry officer and the notice was not found to be vague. On proportionality, dismissal was found excessive for the proved misconduct of abusive language, so the penalty was reduced to stoppage of two increments with cumulative effect. The dismissal order was set aside, back wages were denied, and other consequential benefits were granted. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 01 Sep 1995 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=305255