Suresh Ramasamy v Hong Leong Bank Berhad

wa-16a-67-10-2023 High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) 17 December 2024 • WA-16A-67-10/2023 • 20 min read
4 cases cited (0 SG, 4 foreign)

Catchwords

Labour Law — Employment — Dismissal — Whether employee misrepresented the Employer’s Bank — Whether Industrial Court erred when it found that the alleged misrepresentation was prejudicial to the Bank — Whether dismissal of the appellant was not actuated by ulterior motives Labour Law – Employee was assigned data for a survey exercise – Applicant manipulated survey figures by making unauthorised and incorrect input to data - Whether Employee’s action can be construed as misconduct - Employee's senior position in Company Bank -— Whether punishment of dismissal meted out reasonable and proportionate Labour Law - Dismissal – Failure to conduct domestic inquiry - Whether necessarily fatal - Whether defect curable by inquiry in Industrial Court.

Judges (1)

Wan Ahmad Farid bin Wan Salleh Delivered

Counsel (6)

Jayadeep Hari & Jamil Firm R. Sivagnanam & Associates Firm Edward Saw Counsel Appellant Lew Kang Ying Counsel Appellant S Rutheran Counsel Respondent Teh Wen Min Counsel Respondent

Parties (2)

HONG LEONG BANK BERHAD Respondent Suresh Ramasamy Appellant

Statutes Cited

Industrial Relations Act 1967 (Cap 177)
s 20

Cases Cited (4)

MY (4)
[1990] 1 MLJ 5 [1995] 3 CLJ 344 [2010] 3 MLJ 492 [2014] 6 MLJ 305

Judgment

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