The High Court of Karnataka has said that it cannot order the reinstatement of a software engineer who had threatened his employer by adopting extra-legal methods, claiming that he had arms and weapons in his possession besides having the support of persons with legal and political backing.
However, the court ordered the company to pay ₹10 lakh to the employee as compensation for terminating him from service without holding a proper disciplinary inquiry.
Justice K.S. Mudagal passed the order while setting aside the Labour Court’s February 2021 order of directing the company to reinstate the techie with back wages.
