Asstt. General Manager State Bank of India vs Ashok Kumar Bhatia

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DELHI HIGH COURT
PRATHIBA M.SINGH
Asstt. General Manager State Bank of India – Appellant
Versus
Ashok Kumar Bhatia – Respondent

Table of Content
1. banking integrity and employee responsibility. (Para 2 , 3)
2. details surrounding employee's termination and misconduct. (Para 4 , 5 , 6)
3. arguments on fairness of departmental inquiry. (Para 7 , 8 , 11 , 12)
4. conditions for validity of evidence in departmental proceedings. (Para 14 , 15)
5. consequences of employee's actions on bank's trust. (Para 22 , 23)
6. standards for evaluating loss of trust by the employer. (Para 31 , 32 , 33 , 34)
7. validity of termination upheld due to misconduct. (Para 70 , 72)
8. compensation instead of reinstatement. (Para 73 , 74)

JUDGMENT

Prathiba M. Singh, J. This hearing has been done in physical Court. Hybrid mode is permitted in cases where permission is being sought from the Court.

2. The banking system is the backbone of any country's economy. Employees and officials working in banks clearly have a larger responsibility of ensuring the integrity of the banking system and maintaining the trust of the millions of customers, who repose faith in them. Prior to the net-banking era, bank officials and managers almost enjoyed a fiduciary relationship with customers and their families.

3. The present case belongs to such a period w

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DELHI HIGH COURTPRATHIBA M.SINGHAsstt. General Manager State Bank of India – AppellantVersusAshok Kumar Bhatia – Respondent

DELHI HIGH COURT
PRATHIBA M.SINGH
Asstt. General Manager State Bank of India – Appellant
Versus
Ashok Kumar Bhatia – Respondent