P&H HC: SBI Branch Manager to be Reinstated after Dismissal from Service post Conviction under IPC 498a. Bank to Release all Benefits with 6% Interest from 2018.
In Brahmjeet Kaushal v. UOI & Ors., P&H High Court reinstated the petitioner, an SBI branch manager, who was discharged from service following his conviction u/s 498A IPC, holding that not every such conviction amounts to an offence involving moral turpitude.
The case arose when the petitioner was removed from service in 2018 after being convicted u/s 498A IPC. Importantly, he had been acquitted of the charge of dowry death of his wife. Despite this, disciplinary authority treated his conviction as one involving “moral turpitude” and terminated his services without a detailed examination of the nature of the allegations.
Challenging the discharge,...
