In Brief
An employee appointed temporarily in 1983 was absent for 1968 days between 1987–93 (later regularized as leave) and was promoted in 1990. The Corporation terminated her in 1994 under temporary employment rules. The Labour Court found the termination illegal as she had worked 11+ years and could not be a temporary employee. The High Court upheld illegality but reduced back wages to 30%. The Supreme Court affirmed the illegality but further reduced back wages to 10%, given her chronic absenteeism and 14-year delay in approaching the Labour Court. The employee was reinstated but not required to work, receiving salary in lieu until retirement in May 2020.
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