Supreme Court · 2021 INSC 846 · Decided 8 December 2021
Uttar Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation v. Gajadhar Nath
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2021 INSC 846 · [2021] 9 S.C.R. 394
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 7536/2021
- Decided
- 8 December 2021
- Bench
- HEMANT GUPTA, V. RAMASUBRAMANIAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Evidence Act; Industrial Disputes Act Section 11A
Headnote
Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 - Misconduct - Respondent- workman removed from service as conductor - Order of removal set aside by Tribunal - Confirmed by High Court - Held: Tribunal or High Court could not reject the appellant- employer in respect of misconduct of the workman before the adjudicator - Non lodging of FIR cannot be the circumstance against the witness examined by the employer - Initiation/non- initiation of criminal proceedings against an employee has no bearing to prove misconduct in
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