Sick leave approved, but SBI declared his job ‘voluntarily vacated’: why HC stepped in
The Patna High Court ordered the State Bank of India to reinstate an employee who was fired for 'voluntarily vacating' his position during a medical leave dispute. The court ruled that the bank failed to properly evaluate the employee's medical records or provide a fair opportunity for him to explain his absence.
Why it matters
This ruling reinforces labor protections for employees against arbitrary termination by large institutions during medical emergencies.
NEW DELHI: Can a bank treat an employee as having voluntarily resigned after a long absence from work if his medical leave was earlier approved and he had submitted medical records? The Patna high court recently examined this question while hearing a challenge by a State Bank of India (SBI) employee who was treated as having voluntarily vacated his job after remaining absent from duty.The high court found that the bank had not properly examined the employee’s medical grounds or given him a fair opportunity to explain his absence before taking the drastic step of treating him as having left the service.
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