SC: No criminal case for senior’s rap at office
Deccan ChronicleNew Delhi: The Supreme Court has ruled that a senior's admonition at the workplace does not amount to an "intentional insult" warranting criminal proceedings. A bench comprising Justices Sanjay Karol and Sandeep Mehta observed that initiating criminal charges in such cases could severely disrupt the necessary disciplinary environment in workplaces. This judgment came as the Court quashed a 2022 criminal case against the officiating director of the National Institute for Empowerment of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities. In its verdict delivered on February 10, the Court stated, "Senior's admonition cannot be reasonably attributed to mean an 'intentional insult with the intent to provoke' within the meaning of Section 504, IPC, provided that the admonition relates to matters incidental to the workplace covering discipline and the discharge of duties therein."
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