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relieving letter in airline service bond

Relieving letter is consequential upon acceptance of resignation; employer justified in withholding it where resignation is in breach of service bond: Bombay HC

Bombay High Court, in a petition concerning enforcement of a service bond and issuance of a relieving letter to an aircraft technician trained under an airline arrangement, held that the Industrial Court’s interim order was unsustainable, emphasising that resignation in breach of the bond cannot compel the employer to issue such documents.

Case Briefs High Courts

Treating Employment Bond Amount as Debt Without Establishing Actual Loss Impermissible under Section 138 NI Act; Employee Acquitted in Cheque Dishonour case: Bengaluru Sessions Court

Any dispute arises in respect of liquidated damages, it should be reasonable. A party to contract violated a terms or conditions, he is liable to pay actual damages or loss caused to other party.

Case Briefs High Courts

Supplementary agreements can extend public tenders; Non-participants cannot challenge concluded contract: Telangana High Court

“The petitioner approached the Court only after the declaration of the financial results and the contract was already executed and it was opined that any interference at this juncture would not only unsettle a concluded contract but also cause administrative chaos and financial loss to the public exchequer.”