The Supreme Court of India, comprising a bench of Justice J. B. Pardiwala and Justice K. Vinod Chandran, has held that when a departmental termination order is set aside and substituted with a minor penalty of reduction by one stage, the penalty relates back to the officer’s initial termination date. Resolving a quarter-century-long litigation, the
Minor Penalty Relates Back To Initial Termination Date, Entitling Officer To Promotion And Back Wages: Supreme Court
