New Delhi, Nov. 10 -- Supreme Court Government Employee Suspension rules provide that a Central Government employee detained in police or judicial custody for more than 48 hours is automatically deemed suspended from the date of detention under Rule 10(2) of the Central Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 1965. In a landmark judgment delivered on July 18, 2003, the Supreme Court of India clarified that such suspension does not automatically end when the employee is released from custody or granted bail, but continues until the competent authority formally modifies or revokes it.

The ruling came in Union of India v. Rajiv Kumar and Bani Singh, involving Civil Appeals Nos. 5007 and 5008 of 2003. A Supreme Court Bench...