Whether inquiry against medical officer is sustainable on vague charges?

 

Chambers of Ishaan Garg

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Learned senior counsel next cites a judgment reported at (2009) 12 SCC 78 [Union of India and others vs. Gyan Chand Chattar], for the proposition that an enquiry is to be conducted against any person giving strict adherence to the statutory provisions and principles of natural justice. The charges should be specific, definite and giving details of the incident which formed the basis of charges. No enquiry can be sustained on vague charges. Enquiry has to be conducted fairly, objectively and not subjectively. Finding should not be perverse or unreasonable, nor should the same be based on conjectures and surmises. There is a distinction between proof and suspicion. Every act or omission on the part of the delinquent cannot be misconduct. The authority must record reasons for arriving at the finding of fact in the context of the statute defining misconduct.


In the High Court at Calcutta

Constitutional Writ Jurisdiction

Appellate Side

The Hon’ble Justice Sabyasachi Bhattacharyya

W.P. No. 21498(W) of 2019


Dr. Subhash Chandra Tiwari Vs. West Bengal Medical Council and others

Judgment on : 27.11.2019