In authority Firestone Tyre case (supra), it has been held by the Apex Court that the Labour Court can appreciate the evidence before the domestic inquiry and the evidence produced before the Labour Court, but, in the present case, the Labour Court, after going through the inquiry report and the evidence produced before it came to the conclusion that the domestic inquiry was legal and as such the petitioner cannot have the benefit of the above-said authority.
In authority in Thiru's case (supra), it has been held that non supply of documents may prejudice the delinquent. The said authority is distinguishable as, in the present case, the counsel for the petitioner has not pointed out which documents were not supplied to the petitioner, and how the petitioner was prejudiced.