Case Law Analysis
|Karnataka High Court
Natural Justice | Disciplinary Action Requires Individualized Evidence of Misconduct, Not Collective Attribution : Karnataka HC
The Karnataka High Court has ruled that disciplinary penalties against public servants cannot be sustained based on generalized or collective allegations without direct, personal attribution of misconduct. This sets a critical precedent for administrative tribunals and departments, ensuring that service inquiries must tie specific acts to the individual officer-protecting against guilt by association and reinforcing the core of audi alteram partem.