action and such action results in injury or harm or loss that an action
in tort will lie. It was held that a fundamental right under Article 19
can be enforced even against persons other than the State or its
instrumentalities.
20.It is well settled that a charge memo can be quashed if
assuming that all the acts attributed to the delinquent are taken to be
true, still, it would not be amount to act of misconduct. As already
held, the petitioner is very much possessed of the right to vent. The
opinion was not expressed publicly. It was shared among the members
of a private WhatsApp group. The management has not disclosed as
to how they became aware of the post. It has not been shown as to
how the bank's interest has been affected. There are some political
leaders who make statements that are in bad taste and yet refuse to
apologize. When I indicated that while the petitioner can criticise the
management, the language also matters, he readily apologized.
In
these circumstances, the act committed by the petitioner cannot
amount to misconduct. The impugned charge memo is quashed.
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