D.V. Kapoor vs Union Of India And Ors on 7 August, 1990
In D.V. Kapoor v. Union of India and Ors. the Hon'ble the apex Court has held that a finding should be recorded either in departmental enquiry or judicial proceedings that the petitioner committed grave misconduct or negligence in the discharge of his duty while in office., subject of the charge. In the absence of such a finding the authority concerned cannot impose penalty of withholding pension as a measure of punishment either in whole or in part permanently or for a specified period or to order recovery of the pecuniary loss, in whole or in part from the pension of the concerned employee.