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In Board of Trustees of the Port of Bombay v. Dilipkumar Raghavendranath Nadkarni (1983), the Supreme…

In Nadkarni the Port Trust appointed its Legal Adviser and Junior Assistant Legal Adviser as presenting officers while refusing the employee a lawyer. The Court held that…

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In Board of Trustees of the Port of Bombay v. Dilipkumar Raghavendranath Nadkarni (1983), the Supreme Court held that refusing a delinquent employee legal representation in a domestic enquiry violates natural justice where:

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In Nadkarni the Port Trust appointed its Legal Adviser and Junior Assistant Legal Adviser as presenting officers while refusing the employee a lawyer. The Court held that pitting legally trained minds against an unrepresented employee denied him a reasonable opportunity of defence and vitiated the enquiry.

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