https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=311149 A wrong or unmerited judicial order by itself does not establish misconduct against a Judicial Officer unless there is positive material showing corruption, extraneous consideration, or deliberate falsification. In disciplinary scrutiny of judicial acts, the inference of improper motive must rest on objective evidence, not surmise; here, the alleged extraneous motive was not proved, although the acquittal in the cheque dishonour case was found seriously flawed. The punishment also had to satisfy proportionality. Because the case involved a solitary lapse with no prior adverse material on integrity, compulsory retirement was held excessive and was replaced by withholding of three increments with cumulative effect. en-us Mon, 17 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 09 Dec 2023 20:34:27 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=311149 A wrong or unmerited judicial order by itself does not establish misconduct against a Judicial Officer unless there is positive material showing corruption, extraneous consideration, or deliberate falsification. In disciplinary scrutiny of judicial acts, the inference of improper motive must rest on objective evidence, not surmise; here, the alleged extraneous motive was not proved, although the acquittal in the cheque dishonour case was found seriously flawed. The punishment also had to satisfy proportionality. Because the case involved a solitary lapse with no prior adverse material on integrity, compulsory retirement was held excessive and was replaced by withholding of three increments with cumulative effect. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 17 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=311149