https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=310169 Where an employer reserves in its written statement the right to adduce evidence afresh if the domestic enquiry is found defective, the Labour Court must permit a de-novo enquiry and cannot finally dispose of the complaint at that stage. Perversity of the Enquiry Officer's findings must be assessed only on the evidence and reasons contained in the enquiry record; fresh material led before the Labour Court cannot be used to re-try the charges. The court also reiterated that domestic enquiries are judged on preponderance of probabilities, not a stricter standard. en-us Tue, 07 Jan 2014 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 10 Oct 2023 17:27:08 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=310169 Where an employer reserves in its written statement the right to adduce evidence afresh if the domestic enquiry is found defective, the Labour Court must permit a de-novo enquiry and cannot finally dispose of the complaint at that stage. Perversity of the Enquiry Officer's findings must be assessed only on the evidence and reasons contained in the enquiry record; fresh material led before the Labour Court cannot be used to re-try the charges. The court also reiterated that domestic enquiries are judged on preponderance of probabilities, not a stricter standard. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 07 Jan 2014 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=310169