{"id":145340,"date":"2009-01-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-01-20T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/vahatuk-bhavan-vs-shri-manikrao-sahabrao-chavan-on-21-january-2009"},"modified":"2016-08-19T05:47:03","modified_gmt":"2016-08-19T00:17:03","slug":"vahatuk-bhavan-vs-shri-manikrao-sahabrao-chavan-on-21-january-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/vahatuk-bhavan-vs-shri-manikrao-sahabrao-chavan-on-21-january-2009","title":{"rendered":"Vahatuk Bhavan vs Shri Manikrao Sahabrao Chavan on 21 January, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"
Bombay High Court<\/div>\n
Vahatuk Bhavan vs Shri Manikrao Sahabrao Chavan on 21 January, 2009<\/div>\n
Bench: S.A. Bobde<\/div>\n
                            -:    1    :-\n\n\n\n           IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY\n\n                          APPELLATE SIDE\n\n                   WRIT PETITION NO.6113 OF 1997\n\n\n\n\n                                                                             \n    Maharashtra State Road Transport\n\n\n\n\n                                                     \n    Corporation having his office at\n\n    Vahatuk Bhavan, Bellasis Road,\n\n    Bombay Central, Bombay--400 008.                         : Petitioner\n\n\n\n\n                                                    \n           V\/s.\n\n    1. Shri Manikrao Sahabrao Chavan,\n\n\n\n\n                                           \n         Malegaon (BK) Baramati, Pune.\n\n    2. Presiding Officer,\n                          \n         Labour Court, Pune.                                 : Respondents\n\n                                 ...\n                         \n    Mr.G.S.Hegde for the petitioner.\n\n    Mr.Kiran S. Bapat for respondent no.1.\n\n                                 ...\n      \n\n\n                                        CORAM : S.A. BOBDE, J.\n<\/pre>\n
                                        DATE : JANUARY 21, 2009.\n<\/p>\n
    ORAL JUDGEMENT:\n<\/p>\n
    1.     The    petitioner     has    challenged    the      order       of     the<\/p>\n
    Presiding      Officer, IInd Labour Court, Pune, setting aside<\/p>\n
    the    respondent no.1’s dismissal and directing payment                        of<\/p>\n
    back    wages    at   the    rate    of   50%   from     8.6.1992            till<\/p>\n
    31.5.1996.\n<\/p>\n
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                                 -:    2     :-\n\n    2.     The       respondent no.1 was charged with                   driving         after\n\n    having consumed alcohol.                It may be noted that consumption\n\n    of    alcohol by a Driver is a stated misconduct vide clause\n\n    42    of    the Acts of Misconducts under Schedule 'A' of                              the\n\n\n\n\n                                                                                       \n    Discipline         and    Appeal      Procedure for          employees          of     the\n\n\n\n\n                                                              \n    Maharashtra         State Road Transport Corporation, which reads\n\n    as follows:-\n\n\n\n\n                                                             \n                              \"SCHEDULE 'A'\n\n                           (ACTS OF MISCONDUCTS)\n\n\n\n\n                                                \n                 42.    Found        to   have      consumed        or       being\n\n                        alcohol,\n                                ig     liquor,      intoxicants           or     any\n\n                        type     of    drug      while   on      duty       and\/or\n                              \n                        outside       the    duty     hours        within        the\n\n                        premises          or       vehicles           of         the\n\n                        Corporation.\"\n      \n   \n\n\n\n<\/pre>\n
    3.    The respondent no.1 was found having consumed alcohol<\/p>\n
    to the extent that the reading in blood-test showed 0.069<\/p>\n
    mg.        The    respondent       no.1       appeared       unable        to     stand<\/p>\n
    properly         and     while    reversing      the   bus        which        he     was<\/p>\n
    driving,         his     bus brushed with another bus.                  The     Labour<\/p>\n
    Court       found that the charge of consuming liquor while on<\/p>\n
    duty was established on the basis of oral and documentary<\/p>\n
    evidence         and     also    observed      that the        act      amounts        to<\/p>\n
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                                -:    3    :-\n<\/p>\n
    indiscipline         on    the    part     of    the    respondent             no.1.\n<\/p>\n
    However,      for    some     reasons      not stated        by      it     in     the<\/p>\n
    judgement,      the Labour Court held that the punishment was<\/p>\n
    shockingly disproportionate.\n<\/p>\n
    4.    Mr.Hegde,       the learned counsel for               the      petitioner,<\/p>\n
    submitted      that      in   the      circumstances         of      this      case,<\/p>\n
    punishment      could      not    have been held to            be     shockingly<\/p>\n
    disproportionate.             According to the learned counsel, the<\/p>\n
    Labour     Court     lost sight of the fact that the driver                         is<\/p>\n
    responsible      for      the    safety     of     the      lives       of       many<\/p>\n
    passengers      and      also others on the road;              in     fact,        the<\/p>\n
    Discipline<\/p>\n
                    and Appeal Rules take a serious view of                          such<\/p>\n
    misconduct.         Mr.Bapat,        the   learned        counsel         for      the<\/p>\n
    respondent      no.1,      submitted that the view of the                    Labour<\/p>\n
    Court    is    a plausible view which need not be                     interfered<\/p>\n
    with.\n<\/p>\n
    5.    Having considered the submissions, I am of view that<\/p>\n
    the order of the Labour Court which treats the punishment<\/p>\n
    as shockingly disproportionate is liable to be interfered<\/p>\n
    with.      The proportionality             of a punishment is best left<\/p>\n
    to   the    employer       in    such cases.        Indeed,          it     is     the<\/p>\n
    employer      who    knows      how    to best     assess        the      possible<\/p>\n
    consequences        of    a particular misconduct and, where                       the<\/p>\n
    safety and lives of passengers is concerned, the employer<\/p>\n
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                                -:    4   :-\n<\/p>\n
    would    be the best judge to determine whether the present<\/p>\n
    misconduct       warrants       the punishment of dismissal              having<\/p>\n
    regard      to   its   gravity       and   the   possibility            of      it<\/p>\n
    endangering        more lives in the future.          This, of          course,<\/p>\n
    does    not mean that the employer is entitled to form such<\/p>\n
    an opinion without adequate record.              However, once such a<\/p>\n
    record exists and the misconduct strands proved, it would<\/p>\n
    not    be    for    the    Court to lightly      interfere          with       the<\/p>\n
    punishment       and that too without giving reasons as in the<\/p>\n
    impugned      order.      The impugned order, therefore,                suffers<\/p>\n
    from    a serious error of law apparent on the face of                         the<\/p>\n
    record      and is, therefore, liable to be set aside.                     Order<\/p>\n
    accordingly.         The<\/p>\n
                                petitioner shall, however,              forthwith<\/p>\n
    release      to the respondent no.1 the legal and permissible<\/p>\n
    dues, if withheld.\n<\/p>\n
    6.    Rule is made absolute in the aforesaid terms.\n<\/p>\n
                                                     S.A. BOBDE, J.\n<\/p>\n
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