Court should refrain from interfering with the quantum of punishment meted out by government to its staff guilty of indiscipline and misconduct, the Delhi High Court has said. "Interference by the high court is not called for unless the punishment is so disproportionate as to shock the conscience of the court," a bench comprising Justices Veena Birbal and Badar Durrez Ahmed said while hearing a petition filed by a dismissed court attendant, Bhag Singh, who challenged the decision of disciplinary authorities to sack him.
As per the petition, the disciplinary authority, after holding an inquiry about Singh's alleged misconduct, had found him guilty of carrying court records out of its premises for getting them photocopied with ulterior motives. Aggrieved by the decision of the disciplinary authorities, Singh approached the high court saying the action against him was too harsh and disproportionate to the misconduct on his part. The court, while reiterating the law laid down by the Supreme Court in this regard, said, "The court should not interfere with the administrator's decision unless it was shocking to the conscience of the court in a sense that it was in defiance of logic or moral standards."
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