https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=459599 Departmental enquiries must function as quasi-judicial proceedings, and where the employer relies on documentary material, those documents must be proved through oral evidence and supporting witnesses. Unproved documents alone cannot establish the charges, and failure to examine witnesses to prove the relied-upon material violates natural justice. On the stated facts, no witnesses were examined and no documents were exhibited, so the proceeding was held vitiated and the punishment order deducting pension was set aside with consequential relief. en-us Mon, 27 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 19 Dec 2024 18:58:33 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=459599 Departmental enquiries must function as quasi-judicial proceedings, and where the employer relies on documentary material, those documents must be proved through oral evidence and supporting witnesses. Unproved documents alone cannot establish the charges, and failure to examine witnesses to prove the relied-upon material violates natural justice. On the stated facts, no witnesses were examined and no documents were exhibited, so the proceeding was held vitiated and the punishment order deducting pension was set aside with consequential relief. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 27 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=459599