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2015 (6) TMI 464 - HC - Indian LawsCharges of inflated expenses claimed during the course of audit - disciplinary action CA - Held that:- It is clear that two of the three charges against the respondent No.1 were indeed baseless, exaggerated. The same lends credence to the plea of the respondent No.1, of the complaint against him being revengeful. Similarly, there is no finding of the Disciplinary Committee on the plea of the respondent No.1 of his having infact incurred expenditure on travel more than even the first AC fare. The Disciplinary Committee though noted that the travel was at short notice, in rush season and that the respondent No.1 had procured rail tickets through an agent, but did not consider the charges of the travel agent or the premium at which rail tickets are sold in rush season. We, in the circumstances, have two options; either to ourselves reduce the punishment from that of removal of name from the Register of Members for a period of one month to that of reprimand or to remand the matter to Council to consider the recommendation in the light of the report of the Disciplinary Committee and the representation of the respondent no.1 thereagainst. We choose the former simply for the reason that the matter has already been pending for the last more than ten years and we feel that it need not be prolonged any further. - The requisite reprimand be issued in accordance with law.
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