Case Law Analysis
|Gauhati High Court
Deemed suspension beyond 90 days invalid under Article 21 | Nagaland Services (Discipline & Appeal) Rules, 1967 (Rule 6(2)) : Gauhati HC (Kohima Bench)
A three-month limit on departmental suspension without statutory review is mandatory; exceeding it infringes Article 21 and renders the suspension void. The ruling protects Nagaland government employees from indefinite ‘deemed suspension’ while investigations are pending.