https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=311691 A disciplinary authority must supply the inquiry report and consider the delinquent employee's representation before forming its final view on guilt and penalty. Where punishment is decided before that opportunity is given, the process breaches natural justice and the punishment and appellate orders cannot stand. If the defect occurs after submission of the inquiry report, the proper course is not final termination of the disciplinary action but remand from the stage of supply of the report so the prescribed procedure can be completed afresh. en-us Fri, 18 Nov 2016 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 08 Jan 2024 20:47:01 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=311691 A disciplinary authority must supply the inquiry report and consider the delinquent employee's representation before forming its final view on guilt and penalty. Where punishment is decided before that opportunity is given, the process breaches natural justice and the punishment and appellate orders cannot stand. If the defect occurs after submission of the inquiry report, the proper course is not final termination of the disciplinary action but remand from the stage of supply of the report so the prescribed procedure can be completed afresh. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 18 Nov 2016 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=311691