Supreme Court of India

Kurukshetra University v. Prithvi Singh

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Bench R.K. Agrawal and Abhay Manohar Sapre JJ.
Decided 15 February 2018

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What the Court ordered

In view of the foregoing discussion, we allow the appeal, set aside the award of the Labour Court to the extent indicated above and the judgment of the High Court and remand the case to the Labour Court.

Judgment, page 9

From the headnote

Service Law – Respondent was working as a Security Guard in the appellant-University – He was a daily rated employee – Allegation that respondent while on duty had misbehaved with one lady Research Scholar – Enquiry Officer found respondent guilty for committing the misconduct – Consequently, terminated by the appellant-University – Labour Court held that the enquiry held by the appellant was not legal and proper – With these findings, the Labour Court held it to be a case of illegal retrenchment and set aside the termination order as being illegal – High Court upheld the award passed by the…

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