Employee Can't Be Terminated For Non-Disclosure Of Criminal Case Without Proof They Knew About It: Orissa HC

Namdev Singh

6 July 2026 11:19 AM IST

  • Employee Cant Be Terminated For Non-Disclosure Of Criminal Case Without Proof They Knew About It: Orissa HC

    A Division Bench of the Orissa High Court comprising Chief Justice Harish Tandon and Justice Murahari Sri Raman held that suppression of information in a verification form must be of a 'material' fact, and penal action is not warranted if the candidate lacked knowledge of the criminal case, especially where the case was trivial or ended in acquittal. Background Facts The...

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