Disciplinary Action | Punishment Order Not Invalid Merely for Omission of Specifics in Show Cause Notice: Allahabad High Court

Allahabad High Court, in a significant judgment under service jurisprudence, has held that minor procedural lapses or omissions in a disciplinary order do not render it invalid, so long as the core principles of natural justice and application of mind have been followed. The decision came in the case of Dharvendra Pal Singh v. State Of U.P. and 3 Others, where the petitioner challenged the punishment order issued against him…