Service Law | SSB Constable Reinstated; Termination Over Alleged Suppression of Criminal Case Set Aside: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court has set aside the termination of an SSB Constable and held that the authorities acted without jurisdiction when they reopened a departmental matter years after imposing a punishment. The Court ruled that once a disciplinary proceeding had concluded and punishment had been imposed, the authorities could not invoke Rule 29 of the CRPF Rules to annul that punishment and remove the employee from service without legal…