The Disciplinary ... vs Nikunja Bihari Patnaik on 15 April, 1996
In Disciplinary Authority-cum-Regional Manager and
Others vs. Nikunja Bihari Patnaik reported in (1996) 9 SCC 69,
the Hon'ble Apex Court held that when bank officer dismissed for
acting beyond his authority in allowing advances and overdrawals,
several of which became sticky and irrecoverable, the request of the
delinquent to reduce the punishment cannot be accepted and the same
was rejected. The relevant paragraph in the said judgment is extracted
hereunder: