Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, Section 25F -- Termination from service - Appointment of petitioner was not on `contract' basis - Terms of appointment stipulated that service of petitioner could be dispensed with any point of time, particularly on completion of work, however, that does not absolve employer from compliance with statutory provisions as contained in S.25 of..........
Service -- Pension - It is a continuous cause of action - Retirement age was 60 years but employee was retired at the age of 58 years - Order of High Court that appellant will not be entitled to any arrears of pension and pension at the revised rates will become payable only from lst January, 2020 - Impugned order set aside - Appellant shall be entitled to pension at the..........
Consumer Protection Act, 1986, Section 2(1)(g) -- Theft of Truck - Insurance claim - Non-settlement of claim - Deficiency in services - Appellant failed to produce either original certificate of registration of vehicle or even duplicate certified copy of certificate of registration issued by RTO - Said documents could not be produced due to circumstances beyond control of..........
Service -- Misconduct - Departmental proceedings and criminal proceedings - Acquittal in criminal Court by giving benefit of doubt, will not in any way render a completed disciplinary proceeding invalid nor affect validity of finding of guilt or consequential punishment, as standard of proof in both the proceedings are different...........
Service -- Misconduct - Dismissal - Misappropriation of Rs.10 lakhs - Delinquent officer prepared false document and went to Branch for withdrawing cash and took Rs.10 lakhs and said amount was not deposited with Bank - This shows criminal mind/conduct on the part of delinquent officer - Order of dismissal from service cannot be said to be disproportionate to charge and..........
Service -- Compassionate appointment - Such application must be considered at an earliest point of time - Consideration must be fair, reasonable and based on relevant consideration - Application cannot be rejected on the basis of frivolous and for reasons extraneous to the facts of the case...........
Service -- Compassionate appointment - Appellant being son of deceased employee applied for appointment on compassionate ground under 1990 Rules, as mother of appellant was unable to take job due to her medical condition - He was fulfilling all the conditions for appointment on compassionate grounds under 1990 Rules - However, application of appellant pending and no order..........
Service -- Compassionate appointment - Applications for appointment on compassionate grounds must be considered and decided as per policy prevalent at the earliest, but not beyond a period of six months from the date of submission of such completed applications...........
Service -- Termination - Appellant appointed after he underwent entire selection process on contractual basis - Though employment of appellant is on contractual basis but he was entitled to get all benefits of a regular employee - There is nothing against appellant adversely reflecting his integrity - Annual Performance Assessment Report (APAR) of appellant showed his..........
Service -- Fixation of pay scale - Fixation of scales of pay is a matter of policy with which Courts can only interfere in exceptional cases where there is discrimination between two sets of employees appointed by same authority in the same manner, where eligibility criteria is the same and duties are identical in every aspect...........
