Landmark case · Constitutional Law – II · Semester 2

Union of India v. Tulsiram Patel

(1985) 3 SCC 398 · Supreme Court of India

Article 311(2) second proviso permits dismissal without inquiry in the stated exceptional situations, subject to the discipline of Articles 14 and 16.

From topic

Services under the Union and the States; Election Commission — Unit IV, Constitutional Law – II.

Related sections:

Constitution of India, 308–323 — Services: recruitment, tenure, dismissal and Public Service Commissions
Constitution of India, 323A–323B — Administrative and other tribunals
Constitution of India, 324 — Superintendence, direction and control of elections in the Election Commission