SP SHARMA vs STATE BANK OF INDIA AND OTHERS

* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of decision: 12th SEPTEMBER, 2025 IN THE MATTER OF: LPA 64/2023 SP SHARMA .....Appellant Through: Ms. Sriparna Chatterjee, Mr. Soumitra Chatterjee, Mr. Manish Ms. Mansi, Advs. versus STATE BANK OF INDIA AND OTHERS .....Respondents Through: Mr. Rajiv Kapur, SC for SBI along with Mr. Akshit Kapur, AOR Mr. Ankur Chhibber, Amicus Curiae with Mr. Nikunj Arora, Advocate CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SUBRAMONIUM PRASAD HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SAURABH BANERJEE JUDGMENT SUBRAMONIUM PRASAD, J. 1. The present appeal is filed by the Appellant herein assailing the judgment dated 28.01.2022 (hereinafter referred to as ―Impugned Judgment‖), wherein the learned Single Judge had dismissed the Writ Petition bearing No. 13764/2009 on the ground that the inquiry proceedings initiated against the Appellant herein does not suffer from any infirmity. 2. Shorn of unnecessary details, the facts leading to the present appeal are as follows – a. The Appellant herein is an employee of the Respondent No. 1 (hereinafter referred to as ―Respondent Bank‖) since the year 1969 and has been in service for about 38 years. The Appellant was due to 2006. By his aforesaid acts of