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Conviction can justify termination of a government employee even when Section 12 of the Probation of Offenders Act is invoked. The Supreme Court also awarded Rs 5 lakh compensation for the earlier illegal discharge, underscoring that Section 12 offers no protection against service termination.
Punjab & Haryana HC rules that a criminal conviction, though not binding, strongly corroborates civil liability in wrongful death claims. Compensation calculated on documented income and dependency multipliers sets precedent for tort law damages where evidence aligns between criminal and civil proceedings.
The Bombay High Court Nagpur Bench has ruled that the filing of a charge-sheet against a driver in a motor accident case does not relieve claimants of their burden to independently prove negligence. This reinforces that civil compensation claims under the Motor Vehicles Act require affirmative evidence of fault, not merely the existence of criminal proceedings, affecting how claimants structure their evidence and legal strategy in accident litigation.