{"id":5498,"date":"2026-03-21T15:22:40","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T15:22:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lawduniya.com\/?p=5498"},"modified":"2026-03-21T15:23:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T15:23:12","slug":"tribunal-upholds-penalty-where-charged-employee-was-allowed-to-cross-examine-witnesses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lawduniya.com\/?p=5498","title":{"rendered":"Tribunal Upholds Penalty Where Charged Employee Was Allowed to Cross-Examine Witnesses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u0909\u0924\u094d\u0924\u0930 \u092a\u094d\u0930\u0926\u0947\u0936 \u0930\u093e\u091c\u094d\u092f \u0932\u094b\u0915 \u0938\u0947\u0935\u093e \u0905\u0927\u093f\u0915\u0930\u0923, \u0932\u0916\u0928\u090a \u0928\u0947 <strong><em data-start=\"703\" data-end=\"745\">Virendra Singh v. State of U.P. &amp; Others<\/em> (Claim Petition No. 174 of 2024, decided on 18 March 2026)<\/strong> \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u092f\u0939 \u092e\u0939\u0924\u094d\u0935\u092a\u0942\u0930\u094d\u0923 \u0938\u093f\u0926\u094d\u0927\u093e\u0902\u0924 \u0926\u094b\u0939\u0930\u093e\u092f\u093e \u0915\u093f \u091c\u0939\u093e\u0901 departmental inquiry fair manner \u092e\u0947\u0902 conducted \u0939\u0941\u0908 \u0939\u094b, charged employee \u0915\u094b adequate opportunity of defence \u092e\u093f\u0932\u0940 \u0939\u094b, witnesses \u0915\u093e \u092a\u0930\u0940\u0915\u094d\u0937\u0923 \u0914\u0930 cross-examination \u0939\u0941\u0906 \u0939\u094b, \u0924\u0925\u093e disciplinary authority \u0928\u0947 reasoned order pass \u0915\u093f\u092f\u093e \u0939\u094b, \u0935\u0939\u093e\u0901 \u0915\u0947\u0935\u0932 technical pleas \u0915\u0947 \u0906\u0927\u093e\u0930 \u092a\u0930 punishment order \u0915\u094b quash \u0928\u0939\u0940\u0902 \u0915\u093f\u092f\u093e \u091c\u093e 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\u0917\u0935\u093e\u0939\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u093e \u0909\u0932\u094d\u0932\u0947\u0916 \u0925\u093e, \u0909\u0928\u094d\u0939\u0947\u0902 \u092c\u0941\u0932\u093e\u092f\u093e \u0917\u092f\u093e, \u0909\u0928\u0915\u093e \u092a\u0930\u0940\u0915\u094d\u0937\u0923 \u0915\u093f\u092f\u093e \u0917\u092f\u093e \u0914\u0930 \u092f\u093e\u091a\u0940 \u0915\u094b <strong>cross-examination<\/strong> \u0915\u093e \u092a\u0942\u0930\u093e \u0905\u0935\u0938\u0930 \u092d\u0940 \u0926\u093f\u092f\u093e \u0917\u092f\u093e\u0964 \u0905\u0927\u093f\u0915\u0930\u0923 \u0928\u0947 \u092f\u0939 \u092d\u0940 \u092e\u093e\u0928\u093e \u0915\u093f \u091c\u093e\u0902\u091a \u0905\u0927\u093f\u0915\u093e\u0930\u0940 \u0928\u0947 <strong>16 February 2023<\/strong> \u0915\u0940 \u0924\u093e\u0930\u0940\u0916 \u0928\u093f\u092f\u0924 \u0915\u0940 \u0925\u0940, \u0909\u0938\u0940 \u0926\u093f\u0928 \u0905\u092d\u093f\u092f\u094b\u091c\u0928 \u0917\u0935\u093e\u0939\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u093e 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\u0906\u0926\u0947\u0936 <strong>reasoned and speaking order<\/strong> \u0939\u0948\u0964 \u0906\u0926\u0947\u0936 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u091c\u093e\u0902\u091a \u0905\u0927\u093f\u0915\u093e\u0930\u0940 \u0915\u0940 \u0930\u093f\u092a\u094b\u0930\u094d\u091f, \u0909\u092a\u0932\u092c\u094d\u0927 \u0938\u093e\u092e\u0917\u094d\u0930\u0940 \u0914\u0930 <strong>WhatsApp chatting<\/strong> \u0924\u0915 \u092a\u0930 \u0935\u093f\u091a\u093e\u0930 \u0915\u093f\u092f\u093e \u0917\u092f\u093e \u0925\u093e\u0964 \u0938\u093e\u0925 \u0939\u0940 \u0905\u092a\u0940\u0932\u0940\u092f \u092a\u094d\u0930\u093e\u0927\u093f\u0915\u093e\u0930\u0940 \u0928\u0947 \u092d\u0940 \u0905\u092a\u0940\u0932 \u0915\u0947 \u092c\u093f\u0902\u0926\u0941\u0913\u0902 \u092a\u0930 \u0935\u093f\u091a\u093e\u0930 \u0915\u0930\u0915\u0947 \u0906\u0926\u0947\u0936 \u092a\u093e\u0930\u093f\u0924 \u0915\u093f\u092f\u093e\u0964 \u0907\u0938\u0932\u093f\u090f \u0905\u0927\u093f\u0915\u0930\u0923 \u0915\u094b 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\u0905\u092a\u0940\u0932\u0940\u092f \u0906\u0926\u0947\u0936 \u0935\u093f\u0927\u093f\u0938\u092e\u094d\u092e\u0924 \u0939\u0948\u0902\u0964 \u0907\u0938\u0940 \u0906\u0927\u093e\u0930 \u092a\u0930 <strong>Claim Petition No. 174 of 2024<\/strong> \u0915\u094b \u0916\u093e\u0930\u093f\u091c \u0915\u0930 \u0926\u093f\u092f\u093e \u0917\u092f\u093e\u0964<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u0909\u0924\u094d\u0924\u0930 \u092a\u094d\u0930\u0926\u0947\u0936 \u0930\u093e\u091c\u094d\u092f \u0932\u094b\u0915 \u0938\u0947\u0935\u093e \u0905\u0927\u093f\u0915\u0930\u0923, \u0932\u0916\u0928\u090a \u0928\u0947 Virendra Singh v. State of U.P. &amp; Others (Claim Petition No. 174 of 2024, decided on 18 March 2026) \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u092f\u0939 \u092e\u0939\u0924\u094d\u0935\u092a\u0942\u0930\u094d\u0923 \u0938\u093f\u0926\u094d\u0927\u093e\u0902\u0924 \u0926\u094b\u0939\u0930\u093e\u092f\u093e \u0915\u093f \u091c\u0939\u093e\u0901 departmental inquiry fair manner \u092e\u0947\u0902 conducted \u0939\u0941\u0908 \u0939\u094b, charged employee \u0915\u094b adequate opportunity of defence \u092e\u093f\u0932\u0940 \u0939\u094b, witnesses \u0915\u093e \u092a\u0930\u0940\u0915\u094d\u0937\u0923 \u0914\u0930 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_regular_price":[],"currency_symbol":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[340],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"post_slider_layout_featured_media_urls":{"thumbnail":"","post_slider_layout_landscape_large":"","post_slider_layout_portrait_large":"","post_slider_layout_square_large":"","post_slider_layout_landscape":"","post_slider_layout_portrait":"","post_slider_layout_square":"","full":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lawduniya.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5498","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lawduniya.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lawduniya.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lawduniya.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lawduniya.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5498"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/lawduniya.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5498\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5500,"href":"https:\/\/lawduniya.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5498\/revisions\/5500"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lawduniya.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lawduniya.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lawduniya.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}