Acquittal in criminal case no ground for exoneration from departmental disciplinary proceedings: Madras High Court

Single-judge Justice SM Subramaniam, therefore, refused to grant any relief to a Tamil Nadu police constable, facing disciplinary proceedings after he was named as an accused in a murder case.
Justice SM Subramaniam
Justice SM Subramaniam

The Madras High Court recently held that acquittal of a person in a criminal case cannot be a ground for exoneration in independent departmental inquiry initiated by the employer against such person since the procedures and standard of proof adopted in a departmental inquiry are different from those followed in a criminal court of law [Paramasivam vs The Director General of Police and Ors].

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