Supreme Court of India
North Eastern Karnataka R.T. Corporation v. Ashappa and Anr.
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What the Court ordered
For the foregoing reasons, we are of the opinion that a government servant who has willfully been absent for a period of about 3 years and which fact is not disputed even by the learned Single Judge of the High Court, has no right to receive the monetary/ retrial benefits during the period in question.
Judgment, page 7
From the headnote
Labour Laws : Industrial Disputes Act, 1947: Employee-Unauthorised absence ji-om duty-Misconduct-Dismissal ji-om service-Industrial dispute-Labour Court directing the employer to reinstate him to original post and also for payment of back wages Challenge to-Dismissed by High Court-On appeal, Held: Errant employee was asked to resume his duties but he did not report for duties-He was also found unauthorisedly absent from duty on several occasions earlier Absence of an employee from duty for a long time cannot be treated as minor misconsduct-The misconduct committed by the employee could not
Where later benches applied it
- 2008 Usha Breco Mazdoor Sangh v. Management of M/s. Usha Breco Ltd. and Anr.
- 2007 Madhya Pradesh Administration v. Tribhuban
- 2007 Uttranchal Forest Development Corporation v. M.C. Joshi
- 2007 Harjit Singh and Anr. v. The State of Punjab and Anr.
- 2006 Anand Regional Co-op. Oil Seedsgrowers Union Ltd v. Shaileshkumar Harshadbhai Shah
Of those, 5 mentioned
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