Misconduct And Quarrel - Definition - Law Dictionary Home Dictionary Definition misconduct-and-quarrel

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Misconduct and quarrel, Private quarrel between an employee and a stranger with which the employer is not concerned falls outside the categories of misconduct, it cannot be reasonably disputed that acts which are subversive of discipline amongst employees or misconduct or misbehaviour by an employee which is directed against another employee of the concern may in certain circumstances constitute misconduct so as to form the basis of an order of dismissal or discharge, Lalla Ram v. D.C.M. Chemical Works Ltd., AIR 1978 SC 1004: (1978) 3 SCC 1: (1978) 3 SCR 82.