Corruption Charge Not Proved, Yet Employee Removed: Delhi HC Sets Aside Penalty, Directs Reinstatement
The Court held that path from the proved fact of transfer of Rs 75,000 to the conclusion of bribery remains unexplained.
Proportionality of Punishment
Criminal Law Roundup 2025 (Part 1): Landmark Supreme Court & High Court Rulings on Section 138 NI Act, NDPS, and more
Covering major criminal law updates from the Supreme Court and High Courts, this roundup offers a quick look at 2025 rulings on arrest, bail, terrorism and national Security, Hate speech, privacy, defamation, etc., and trial procedures.
‘No global manhunt needed for absconding employee, sending residential notice is sufficient’; J&K and Ladakh High Court upholds suo moto enhanced punishment
“It is only in rare and exceptional cases that the Court may substitute its own view as to the quantum of punishment.”
Bom HC | Amount misappropriated not to be considered while determining proportionality of punishment; labour court’s order reinstating employee quashed
Bombay High Court: Ravindra V. Ghuhe, J. allowed a petition filed by Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation against the order of the Labour