https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=306546 Documentary electronic call records, supported by witness testimony and surrounding circumstances, were treated as sufficient to sustain findings of guilt where the explanation for loss of the SIM card was inconsistent and uncorroborated. Alleged defects in the electronic records were regarded as curable matters of proof, and the clarified records were accepted as reliable and admissible under Section 65-B of the Evidence Act on the facts presented. On proportionality, dismissal from service was modified by the Tribunal to forfeiture of seniority for 24 months with denial of back wages, and that calibrated punishment was left undisturbed absent perversity. en-us Wed, 18 Apr 2018 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 08 Feb 2023 15:11:59 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=306546 Documentary electronic call records, supported by witness testimony and surrounding circumstances, were treated as sufficient to sustain findings of guilt where the explanation for loss of the SIM card was inconsistent and uncorroborated. Alleged defects in the electronic records were regarded as curable matters of proof, and the clarified records were accepted as reliable and admissible under Section 65-B of the Evidence Act on the facts presented. On proportionality, dismissal from service was modified by the Tribunal to forfeiture of seniority for 24 months with denial of back wages, and that calibrated punishment was left undisturbed absent perversity. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 18 Apr 2018 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=306546