Praveen Kumar vs Cabinet Secretariat on 16 December, 2022
6. The applicant in his application has cited the Apex court's judgment in case of S. Krishnan Nair vs. Divisional Superintendent, Southern Railway, 1973 SLI 46: (1973) 2 SLR 353; wherein it has been held that the inquiry should be held most impartial and unbiased manner. If the inquiry officer puts questions with a view to elucidating answers and searching cross examination, he ceases to be an inquiry officer and it will be presumed that IO is prejudiced against the CO. In the instant case, to support his arguments, the applicant has mentioned that the IO had asked the applicant to accept the charge of absence and took the said admission as guilt.