LALIT POPLI Vs. CANARA BANK

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Order of dismissal from service having been restored by Division Bench of Delhi High Court setting aside judgment of the learned single Judge, this appeal has been filed.

(2.) Factual background filtering out unnecessary details is as follows :

(3.) One customer of the Bank i.e. S. V. Deshpande, advocate lodged a complaint with the police stating that there has been unauthorized withdrawal of Rs. 1.07 lakhs from his account in the Bank. An internal investigation was also undertaken by the employer in respect of the complaint. Report of the preliminary investigation was submitted and the employee was served with charge sheet along with imputations of misconduct to the effect that the employee was responsible for the unauthorized withdrawal from the customer's account.