Hindustan Times
U'khand HC quashes lower court's order, says fining cop without hearing against natural justice
Nainital, The Uttarakhand High Court has quashed a lower court order that had directed ₹ 500 be deducted from the salary of an investigating officer in a 2013 case.
Justice Alok Mahara stated that no penalty, including a pay cut, can be imposed on a government employee without being allowed to be heard.
The case was filed by Police Sub-Inspector Sarita Shah, challenging an order passed by the District and Sessions Judge of Tehri Garhwal in November 2013.
In August 2013, Prabha Raturi, a member of the District Child Welfare Committee of Tehri Garhwal, filed a complaint, accusing a man from a village in the district of allegedly raping his daughter.
Sarita Shah investigated the case and fil
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