📘 Dismissal, Discharge, Termination of Service and Punishment | 13th Edition (2018)
✒️ Authored by: L.C. Malhotra | Language: English | Publisher: Lexis Nexis
This thorough and practice-oriented commentary by L.C. Malhotra provides a detailed study of service jurisprudence relating to dismissal, discharge, termination, and punishment in employment law. Now in its 13th Edition (2018), the book has established itself as a definitive reference for practitioners, employers, employees, and adjudicating authorities.
🔍 Key Features:
📜 Comprehensive Coverage – statutory provisions, rules, and principles governing dismissal, discharge, termination, retrenchment, and disciplinary action.
⚖️ Judicial Pronouncements – extensive analysis of landmark judgments of the Supreme Court, High Courts, and Tribunals.
🛠️ Procedural Safeguards – requirements of natural justice, domestic enquiry, show-cause notices, and proportionality of punishment.
💼 Employment Categories – treatment of industrial workmen, government servants, and employees in public/private sectors.
🔍 Special Focus – misconduct, probationary termination, retrenchment compensation, reinstatement, back wages, and alternative remedies.
📚 Practical Guidance – specimen charge-sheets, enquiry reports, and model forms useful for HR managers, lawyers, and adjudicators.
🆕 Updated to 2018 – reflects latest case law, statutory amendments, and evolving trends in service jurisprudence.
🎯 Recommended For:
Advocates & service law practitioners
HR managers, employers & disciplinary authorities
Labour courts, industrial tribunals & judicial officers
Academicians, researchers & law students specialising in labour/service law
Trade unions & employees seeking clarity on service rights
This 13th edition stands as a definitive, authoritative, and practical manual on service law—balancing statutory provisions, judicial wisdom, and procedural guidance—making it indispensable for anyone dealing with issues of dismissal, termination, and disciplinary action in employment.
