The Allahabad High Court (Lucknow Bench), presided over by Justice Pankaj Bhatia, has set aside the suspension order of Executive Officer Neelav Shalya, ruling that departmental suspension cannot stand when initiated on a complaint unbacked by a mandatory affidavit, an unverified social media video, and vague allegations lacking specific charges of misconduct. The Court allowed
Suspension Cannot Rest on Unverified Video, Complaint Without Mandatory Affidavit, and Vague Charges: Allahabad High Court
