Court Case Document: Sheikh Abdul Latif vs. The Province of Orissa (1939)

Sub title : Written Statement on Behalf of the Defendant

Subject: Indian Legal History | Employment Law | Service Dispute | Police Dismissal

Date of publication: 1939

Language: English

Page: 5p.

Source: National Archives of Pakistan

Serial no: 27421

Keyword: Orissa — Cuttack — Court Case | Sheikh Abdul Latif — Police Dismissal — Service Dispute | Leave Overstay —Written Statement — Civil Court | Original Suit

Abstract: This is the written statement of defence filed by the Government Pleader, Cuttack, on behalf of the Defendant, the Province of Orissa, in Original Suit No. 122 of 1939. The plaintiff, Sheikh Abdul Latif, a police constable, was dismissed from service for overstaying his leave and failing to return to his duty in Sambalpur district. The defendant's statement denies the maintainability of the suit in a civil court and contests the plaintiff's claims of family illness and his own subsequent illness as justifications for his absence.

Description: A legal document comprising the official defence statement in a 1939 employment lawsuit from the Court of the Subordinate Judge in Cuttack. It provides a detailed account of the administrative and disciplinary procedures within the Orissa Police during the British Raj, highlighting the legal relationship between the state and its employees. This document contains no content related to M.A. Jinnah or national politics. SCANNED BY: NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF PAKISTAN.

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