LAWS(MANIP)-2013-5-12

USHAM IBOTOMBI SINGH Vs. STATE BANK OF INDIA

Decided On May 17, 2013
Usham Ibotombi Singh Appellant
V/S
STATE BANK OF INDIA Respondents

JUDGEMENT

(1.) HEARD Mr. N. Ibotombi Singh, learned senior counsel appearing for the petitioner and Mr. K. Somorjit, learned counsel appearing for the respondents.

(2.) IN the present writ petition, the petitioner, by relying on the judgement of the Hon'ble Supreme Court rendered in Union of India and Another vs. S.C. Parashar, (2006) 3 SCC 167 has contended that the order of penalty imposed upon the petitioner consequent upon a departmental enquiry, being an amalgam of minor and major penalties and which also amounts to double jeopardy, is not sustainable in law and is liable to be quashed.

(3.) THE petitioner has challenged the aforesaid impugned order of penalty mainly on the following two grounds.