State Of U.P. & Others vs Ashok Kumar Singh & Anr on 10 November, 1995
18. The Hon'ble Supreme Court of India in Civil
Appeal No.9997 of 1995 titled as State of U.P. vs. Ashok
Kumar Singh, decided on 10.11.1995, has held that absence
from duty in respect of a police official, who is a member of
disciplined force, is to be treated as grievous act of
misconduct and the punishment of dismissal cannot be
treated as disproportionate.