The Allahabad High Court (Lucknow Bench) has ruled that the suspension of a government employee cannot be automatic merely upon the initiation of a departmental inquiry. The Court emphasized that the Disciplinary Authority must apply its independent mind and record a subjective satisfaction that the allegations are so serious that, if established, they would warrant
Suspension Cannot Be Automatic on Initiation of Inquiry; Disciplinary Authority Must Record Subjective Satisfaction of Gravity: Allahabad High Court
