“Customer–Banker Relationship Is One of Mutual Trust”: Reinstatement of Post Master Who Embezzled Deposits Quashed: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has set aside the reinstatement of a Post Master who had been removed from service for embezzling depositors’ money, holding that merely returning the misappropriated amount cannot wipe out the misconduct. The judgment was delivered in the case of UNION OF INDIA AND ORS. VERSUS INDRAJ by a bench of Justices Rajesh Bindal and Manmohan. Background Of Employment And Discovery Of Fraud The Respondent, Indraj, served as…