Dismissal of woman for marrying a married colleague without knowing the fact of first marriage is too harsh a punishment: Allahabad HC

The Allahabad High Court recently set aside the dismissal of a woman police constable from service for marrying her colleague, a married constable. “The petitioner has no knowledge regarding the second marriage of her husband at the time of solemnization of the marriage and at this belated stage, the punishment of dismissal from service is too harsh and disproportionate to the conduct of...