Labour Law

The Supreme Court treats termination for "loss of confidence" as stigmatic when it rests on misconduct allegations, requiring a prior inquiry; where objective facts are already on record the inquiry may be dispensed with. Either way, compensation, not reinstatement, is the usual remedy.

A resigned employee keeps the company laptop until dues are paid; the employer holds the settlement until the laptop returns. Indian law breaks the deadlock: property return is unconditional, terminal wages run on a statutory clock, and only documented deductions link the two.