India, March 1 -- The Karnataka labour department has ruled out any labour law violations in the termination of trainees on the Mysuru campus of Infosys February 7, a senior department official said on Friday.

Following an inquiry into allegations raised by affected trainees and the Nascent Information Technology Employees Senate (NITES), the department determined that Infosys had acted within legal parameters. The key finding was that the individuals were trainees, not employees, meaning standard labour protections did not apply to them, the official added.

The senior government official said that the inspection did not uncover any breaches of labour laws since the trainees were never formally hired as employees. "There was no formal e...