Labour Law

Misconduct

— Absence — Nature of misconduct of, and appropriate punishment for — Absence of a bus conductor of State Road Transport Corporation for a long time (three years and five days in this case), held, not a minor misconduct deserving leniency — More so, when he did not resume his duties despite being given several opportunities and had remained unauthorisedly absent on several other occasions in the past — Hence, orders of Labour Court/High Court interfering with the punishment of dismissal, set aside, (2006) 5 SCC 137