Rajasthan High Court, in Shri Manish Kumar Balwani & Ors. vs. Bank of Baroda & Ors. (S.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 17059/2024), on March 18, 2025ruled that a composite disciplinary hearing can only be conducted if all delinquent employees share the same competent and disciplinary authority. The court observed that in this case, the disciplinary authorities for half of the employees differed from the rest, making it impermissible for one authority to exercise jurisdiction over employees outside its control. Reinforcing the Supreme Court’s stance, the court clarified that the purpose of a joint disciplinary inquiry is to prevent redundant proceedings, rather than being solely based on the similarity of charges.
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