India, Oct. 12 -- The Bombay High Court directed the Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Ltd (MSEDCL) to reinstate a clerk who had been let go after a brain surgery allegedly affected his ability to work efficiently. MSEDCL has been asked to pay the clerk arrears of his salary, and the court has held that no employee can be terminated if a disability suffered during their employment has affected their ability to work.

The MSEDCL claimed that the clerk's illness was adversely affecting the efficient functioning of the establishment and that allowed them to terminate his services. A division bench of justices MS Karnik and NR Borkar responded that such a stand contradicted section 20(1)(4) of the Disabilities Act, 2016, and ...