Railway Employee’s Removal Set Aside After Acquittal in Criminal Case Based on Same Allegations: Calcutta High Court

Kolkata, May 22, 2026: The Calcutta High Court has set aside the removal of a railway employee from service after holding that the departmental proceedings and criminal prosecution against him were based on identical allegations, evidence and circumstances. The Court ruled that once the employee was acquitted in the criminal case, the disciplinary findings could not survive. A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Sujoy Paul and Justice Partha Sarathi Sen…