Employees cannot be sacked for disability: SC

New Delhi: Standing by the physically challenged persons, the Supreme Court on Thursday said that a
government employee cannot be rendered jobless if he/she becomes disabled during the service. The
disability incurred by an employee during service cannot b6 made a ground for throwing him/her out of job,
a Bench of Justices Shivraj Patil and Arijit Pasayat said while quashing a Himachal Pradesh High Court
judgment which had rejected an aggrieved employee Kunal Singh's plea for his reinstatement. Singh was
a constable in the Special Security Bureau (SSB) at Kullu and while on duty sustained an injury in one of
his legs which had to be amputated subsequently.