Constitution versus Govt. servants ; containing full judgemet of Supreme Court of India v. Tulsiram patel decide on 11th July, 1985 along with fuul judgement of Challapan case & re

Recently the Supreme Court has delivered a landmark judgment Union of India and another v. Tulsiram Patel' holding that a Government servant can be dismissed or reduced in rank without affording any opportunity as envisa ged under Article 311(2) when he has been convicted on Criminal Charge, or enquiry is not reasonably practicable or on the satisfaction of President/ Governor that it is not expedient to hold such enquiry in the interest of the security of State. This judgment has overruled the previous view that mini mal opportunity i.e. service of charge sheet/show cause as per principles of natural justice must be given even if the enquiry has been dispensed with under Article 311(2) Proviso II.

In the present compilation we have given both the judgments of the Supreme Court in full in order to give the clear and correct implications of the same. For quick and ready reference the relevant extracts of Constitution have been given separately. One of the striking feature of this Compilation is that the Head Notes of the said judgments have been prepared by the Edi tors of our renowned Journal 'All India-Services Law Journal' and as such those who are busy can take the benefit of the same only by reading the Head.