Union Territory, Chandigarh ... vs Pradeep Kumar on 8 January, 2018
"The case of the petitioners cannot be read in isolation that they are not
responsible for the fabricated orders of transfer since such orders have been
individually passed in favour of the petitioners. As regards the contentions
raised by the learned advocate Mr.Jasani that since the petitioners were
acquitted, they are liable to be reinstated, the same does not merit acceptance.
It is no more res integra that while the standard of proof in a criminal case is
the proof beyond all reasonable doubt, the proof in a departmental proceeding
is preponderance of probabilities. The Supreme Court in the case of Union
Territory, Chandigarh Administration vs. Pradeep Kumar, 2018 (1) S.C.C. 797
has observed thus: