The Indian Express ·
Fake arms licence? Madhya Pradesh High Court refuses relief to government employee
The court noted that the FIR was lodged only on January 10, while departmental proceedings were already underway; similarity of allegations or pendency of criminal case alone warrants no stay.
The Madhya Pradesh High Court has dismissed a government employee’s plea seeking a stay on departmental proceedings pending against her in connection with an alleged fake arms licence case.
Dealing with a plea of Madhubala Maurya, an employee in the arms section of the collectorate, Justice Anand Singh Bahrawat held that criminal and departmental proceedings can ordinarily continue simultaneously, and pendency of a criminal case alone does not warrant a stay.
“The FIR itself was lodged only on January 10, whereas the departmental proceedings are already in progress. Mere similarity of the allegations or pendency of the criminal case is not sufficient to stay the departmental proceedings,” the court said.