Employer's harsh decision not a ground to book him for employee's suicide: Delhi High Court

The Court noted that during the course of his duty, the employer may make decisions that could cause hardship to the employee but that does not constitute abetment of suicide unless the employer has criminal intent.
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The Delhi High Court recently observed that an employer who takes harsh decisions in the discharge of his duties cannot always be blamed for the suicide of an employee affected by such decisions, unless the employer had criminal intent to drive such an employee to die by suicide [Dr. G.K. Arora vs. State & Anr.].

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