#termination without hearing

Patna High Court rules that terminating a contractual employee on stigmatic grounds without a fair hearing breaches Article 14 and principles of natural justice. The court mandated reinstatement, emphasizing that even contractual workers are entitled to procedural fairness before adverse actions.

Madhya Pradesh High Court holds that termination of contractual employees based solely on charge sheet filing violates natural justice; one-month notice and hearing mandatory.