Supreme Court of India

M. L. Singla v. Punjab National Bank and Anr.

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Reported as [2018] 11 S.C.R. 455
Bench Abhay Manohar Sapre and S. Abdul Nazeer JJ.
Decided 20 September 2018

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In view of the foregoing discussion, though we agree with the conclusion arrived at by the High Court, which also resulted in upholding of the dismissal order, but this we do so on our reasoning detailed above.

Judgment, page 15

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Service Law – Dismissal from service – Appellant was dismissed from service, on basis of a domestic enquiry, by th e respondent no.1-bank on the ground of misconduct – Labour Cour t set aside the order of the dismissal and granted appellant 50 % back wages along with reinstatement – High Court set aside the a ward of the Labour Court – On appeal, held: Labour Court commit ted jurisdictional error as it failed to decide the validity and legality of the domestic enquiry and thereafter, if domestic enquiry w as found to be legal and proper, then it was to consider the pro portionality of the

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