In a recent judgment by the Orissa High Court, Justice Sibo Sankar Mishra delivered a significant verdict in W.P.(C) 2021, where petitioner Nihar Ranjan Choudhury sought promotion despite facing criminal prosecution. The judgment, dated 6th November 2023, sheds light on the delicate balance between an employee’s right to promotion and the pendency of disciplinary or
Denial of Promotion and Other Statutory Rights and Service Benefits, Merely Because of Long Pendency of Criminal Trial, Amounts to ’Double Jeopardy: Orissa HC
