Ex-Constable Kulwant Singh vs State Of Punjab And Others on 1 September, 2008
Other judgements pressed into
service by counsel for the appellant are Rajinder Kaur V. Punjab State
and another, 1986(3) SLR 78, Rakesh Kumar V. State of Punjab and
others, 1999(4) RSJ 194 and Prithipal Singh V. State of Punjab and
others, 2000(3) RSJ 736. It is, therefore, submitted that as the order of
discharge, is founded upon an alleged misconduct, namely the contracting
of a second marriage, the Courts below were obliged to go behind the order
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and examine, whether the order was passed as a measure of punishment i.e.
founded on allegation of misconduct or was an order of discharge
simpliciter founded upon the performance and conduct of the appellant. . It
is submitted that as the impugned order is an order of punishment, the
learned Courts below committed an error in dismissing the suit and the
appeal.