https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=307048 A departmental enquiry may follow a criminal acquittal, because the criminal trial and domestic discipline serve different purposes and acquittal does not by itself protect a public servant from service-related scrutiny. The material also states that where the service framework requires the departmental head to consider post-acquittal action, that discretion must be exercised by the proper authority. In the Bombay police context, the Inspector General of Police was identified as the competent departmental head, so initiation of proceedings by the District Superintendent of Police without that consideration was unauthorised and invalid. en-us Sat, 21 Sep 1974 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 15 Mar 2023 10:21:41 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=307048 A departmental enquiry may follow a criminal acquittal, because the criminal trial and domestic discipline serve different purposes and acquittal does not by itself protect a public servant from service-related scrutiny. The material also states that where the service framework requires the departmental head to consider post-acquittal action, that discretion must be exercised by the proper authority. In the Bombay police context, the Inspector General of Police was identified as the competent departmental head, so initiation of proceedings by the District Superintendent of Police without that consideration was unauthorised and invalid. Case-Laws Indian Laws Sat, 21 Sep 1974 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=307048