https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=289229 A disciplinary dismissal is vitiated where the manager who initiates the charge is also a material witness and personally interested in the alleged misconduct, because such participation offends the rule against bias and denies fair adjudication. The inquiry is also unfair where the employee is refused access to records needed to establish a defence based on past practice, since withholding relevant documents stultifies the right of defence. Where the representative union withdraws the appeal, no further appellate relief can be granted beyond restoration of the existing Labour Court order. The Industrial Court order was quashed and the Labour Court order restored. en-us Thu, 01 May 1969 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 21 Jul 2020 18:56:28 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=289229 A disciplinary dismissal is vitiated where the manager who initiates the charge is also a material witness and personally interested in the alleged misconduct, because such participation offends the rule against bias and denies fair adjudication. The inquiry is also unfair where the employee is refused access to records needed to establish a defence based on past practice, since withholding relevant documents stultifies the right of defence. Where the representative union withdraws the appeal, no further appellate relief can be granted beyond restoration of the existing Labour Court order. The Industrial Court order was quashed and the Labour Court order restored. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 01 May 1969 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=289229