Departmental enquiries

The Principles of Natural Justice forms the basis for Departmental enquiries in both public and private sectors. The concepts, procedures and practices of departmental enquiries have not been codified by any Act. Therefore, the judgments pronounced by Tribunals, High Courts and Supreme Court became the guiding principles. The large numbers of cases are going to the courts since the Departmental enquiries are not conducted in proper manner. This book covers all aspects of Departmental enquiries right from investigation stage taking the foundation from the provisions of Constitution of India, defining various dimensions and Principles of Natural Justice.There is no dearth of books in the market covering this important topic. But none of the book touches all the spheres in to. The authors of this book with hands on experience of decades have taken the initiative of introducing art of cross-examination for the first time in Departmental enquiries as a skill to learn. The most interesting feature of the book is a model enquiry which will be handy for all those acting in the Departmental proceedings, i.e. Enquiry Officer, Presenting Officer, Defence Assistant, Disciplinary Authority and Appellant Authority to have their role play. Even the prosecution and the defence witnesses will get educated as to how they are going to act. Since considerable amount of material is available in the book for gaining expertise in analyzing the prosecution and defence cases.