https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=173854 Disciplinary action was found invalid where the employee was denied reasonable opportunity and the principles of natural justice were breached. The inquiry report was not supplied, the show-cause notice did not disclose the basis of guilt, and the employer did not put its defence version to the employee in cross-examination. The SC also noted that no oral evidence was led and the documents relied upon were not proved in accordance with law; mere marking of a document as an exhibit does not prove its contents or truth. The disciplinary proceedings and consequential orders therefore could not stand. en-us Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 31 Oct 2015 08:50:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=173854 Disciplinary action was found invalid where the employee was denied reasonable opportunity and the principles of natural justice were breached. The inquiry report was not supplied, the show-cause notice did not disclose the basis of guilt, and the employer did not put its defence version to the employee in cross-examination. The SC also noted that no oral evidence was led and the documents relied upon were not proved in accordance with law; mere marking of a document as an exhibit does not prove its contents or truth. The disciplinary proceedings and consequential orders therefore could not stand. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=173854