Stern Behaviour By Boss Can't Be Considered Abetment Of Suicide: Top Court
The Supreme Court has held that a superior's stern behaviour, ordinary administrative directions, disciplinary supervision or adverse remarks about a junior's performance cannot, by themselves, form the basis for a conviction for abetment of suicide.
The top court said that no matter how unpleasant a superior's actions may have been perceived by the dead person, they do not automatically constitute an offence of abetment of suicide.
A bench of Justices Satish Chandra Sharma and N Kotiswar Singh said there must be additional material demonstrating a conscious intention to drive a subordinate to commit suicide, along with a proximate act amounting to instigation or intentional aid.
