Wed. May 13th, 2026

The High Court can only see in disciplinary proceedings are whether: 

(a) the enquiry is held by a competent authority; 

(b) the enquiry is held according to the procedure prescribed in that behalf; 

(c) there is violation of the principles of natural justice in conducting the proceedings; 

(d) the authorities have disabled themselves from reaching a fair conclusion by some considerations extraneous to the evidence and merits of the case;

(e) the authorities have allowed themselves to be influenced by irrelevant or extraneous considerations; 

(f) the conclusion, on the very face of it, is so wholly arbitrary and capricious that no reasonable person could ever have arrived at such conclusion;

(g) the disciplinary authority had erroneously failed to admit the admissible and material evidence;

(h) the disciplinary authority had erroneously admitted inadmissible evidence which influenced the finding; 

(i) the finding of fact is based on no evidence.

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