Supreme Court of India

Hombe Gowda Edn Trust and Anr. v. State of Karnataka and Ors.

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Bench S.B. Sinha and P.P. Naolekar JJ.
Decided 16 December 2005

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Service law: Karnataka Private Educational Institutions (Discipline and Control) Act, 1975: c Termination of service-On disciplinary grounds-Dismissal of lecturer for thrashing principal and using abusive language-Validity of-Held: Protection of workers' right is no longer the sole avowed object of the justice delivery system-Discipline at the work place is an equally, if one more,· important feature-It is not proper to break discipline with impunity-Assaulting a superior at a workplace amounts to an act of gross indiscipline-Hence, dismissal upheld.

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