Capt.M. Paul Anthony vs Bharat Gold Mines Ltd. & Anr on 30 March, 1999
M. Paul
Anthony v. Bharat Gold Mines Ltd & Anr, this Tribunal observed that there is no
legal bar to the conduct of disciplinary proceedings and a criminal trial
simultaneously and accordingly, the OA was dismissed. We have also perused the
subsequent orders of this Tribunal and nowhere, this Tribunal has granted stay of
the disciplinary proceedings for an indefinite period pending the criminal
proceedings on the same set of facts. The law laid down by the Hon'ble Supreme
Court, as referred to supra, is also very clear that there is no bar to proceed with the
departmental proceedings while the criminal proceedings are pending. More
particularly, in the instant cases, the criminal proceedings against the applicants
have been pending from 2017 onwards and on that pretext, the departmental
proceedings have been stayed from 2021.