Supreme Court of India

PUNJAB & SIND BANK versus SH. RAJ KUMAR

2026 INSC 313

Case number
CIVIL APPEAL No. 847/2026
Judgment date
2026-04-02
Petitioner / appellant
PUNJAB & SIND BANK
Respondent
SH. RAJ KUMAR
Neutral citation
2026 INSC 313
Other citation
[2026] 4 S.C.R. 350
CNR
ESCR010001142026
Bench / judges
DIPANKAR DATTA, SATISH CHANDRA SHARMA
Author judge
DIPANKAR DATTA
Bench size
2 Judges
Disposal nature
Appeal(s) allowed
Judgment year
2026

Issue for consideration

Whether the imposition of lighter punishment on the co-delinquents while imposing the punishment of ‘dismissal from service’ upon the respondent is in outright defiance of logic.

Headnote excerpt

Punjab and Sind Officer Employees’ (Conduct) Regulations, connived with two others (one officer and a gunman) to misappropriate money of the customers for their personal gain, stealing bank records, etc. – The disciplinary authority imposed the penalty of compulsory retirement on the co- delinquent gunman while the co-delinquent officer

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