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Official duty

Official duty, implies that the act or omission must have been done by the public servant in the course of his service and that it should have been in discharge of his duty, B. … use of the expression 'official duty' implies that the act or omission must have been done by the public servant in the course of his service and that it should have been in discharge of his duty. The

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Negligence

Brighton, and South Coast Railway Co., (1844) 5 QB 747] Master and Servant.--A master is responsible to the public, and also, under certain conditions, to his servant, for the negligence of his servant, although a fellow servant

Condition of service

to take away the guarantee provided by Article 311 (1) of the Constitution which lays down that no public servant shall be dismissed by an authority subordinate to that by which he was appointed and if any such

Income

receipt in the hand of its receipt, every receipt would not partake the character of income. Qua the public servant, whatever return he gets from his service, will be the primary item of his income. Other incomes which … his service, will be the primary item of his income. Other incomes which conceivably are income qua the public servant, will be in the regular receipt from (a) his property, or (b) his investment. A receipt from windfall,

Unlawful assembly

criminal force, the Central or any State Govern-ment or Parliament or the Legislature of any State, or any public servant in the exercise of the lawful power of such public servant; or Second.-To resist the execution of any … the Legislature of any State, or any public servant in the exercise of the lawful power of such public servant; or Second.-To resist the execution of any law, or of any legal process; or Third.-To commit any mischief

Reasonable opportunity

408. By the Constitution, an opportunity of showing cause against the action proposed to be taken against a public servant is guaranteed and that opportunity must be a reasonable opportunity. Whether opportunity afforded to a public servant in … a public servant is guaranteed and that opportunity must be a reasonable opportunity. Whether opportunity afforded to a public servant in a particular case is reasonable must depend upon the circumstances of that case, S. Kapur Singh v.

Cognizance

Zutshi v. Bimal Debnath, (2004) 8 SCC 31. Means exercising jurisdiction if it is in respect of a public servant who is accused of an offence alleged to have been committed during the discharge of his official duty, … entertaining a complaint or taking notice of it or exercising jurisdiction if it is in respect of a public servant who is accused of an offence alleged to have been committed during discharge of his official duty, State

Reduction in rank

1704 p. 1710. Reduction in rank, in Canada no statutory obligation to make formal investigations to discharge a public servant, A Commentary on the Constitution of India, Durga Das Basu, 4th Edn., Vol. 5, p. 1. Reduction in

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