Employee Not Entitled To Full Back Wages On Acquittal, Unless His Prosecution Was Found Malicious: SC [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court has held that the employer cannot be mulcted with full back wages on the acquittal of an employee by a criminal Court, unless it is found that the prosecution is malicious. Raj Narain, who was working as a Sorting Assistant in Railway Mail Service (RMS) was convicted in February 1997 by the Trial Court finding him involved in forged payments of high value...