SC rules domestic violence can be civil service misconduct
The Supreme Court upheld the compulsory retirement of an Intelligence Bureau cook, finding private domestic violence can amount to service misconduct under civil service discipline rules.
The Supreme Court held that serious private misconduct, including domestic violence, can be treated as service misconduct for civil servants.
It upheld the compulsory retirement of Jawad Abbasi, an Intelligence Bureau cook accused of setting his wife on fire.
An acquittal in a criminal case does not automatically cancel departmental action if misconduct is proved separately.
An inquiry examined 13 witnesses; the court said an FIR alone is not enough for punishment.
The judgment, by Justice Shahid Waheed with Justice Ayesha A. Malik, dismissed Abbasi’s petition.