Syndicate Bank & Ors vs Venkatesh Gururao Kurati on 31 January, 2006
15. In this case, due to non-supply of additional documents the
applicant's defence has been (3ffected as contended by the applicant. As
per the ratio decided in the case of Syndicate Bank vs. V. Venkatesh
Gururao Kurati (supra), non-supply of documents will vitiate the
proceedings if these documents have been relied on by the 10 during
inquiry in proving the charges against the applicant. It is seen from the
pleadings of the parties or from the inquiry report or from the impugned
orders, it is not clear whether additional documents requested by the
applicant were relied on by the 1.0. or the disciplinary authority for inquiry
or for proving the charges against the applicant. Applicant in his pleadings
has made no such claim. Hence, the applicant has failed to prove that non-
supply of these documents has vitiated the inquiry and the disciplinary
proceedings against the applicant.