Bombay HC: Prolonged Absence Without Intimation Can Be Treated as Voluntary Abandonment of Service

Bombay HC: Prolonged Absence Without Intimation  Can Be Treated as Voluntary Abandonment of Service

In a recent judgment, the Bombay High Court in Rashtrasant Tukdoji Maharaj Technical and Education Society v. Indira Madhukar Muraskar & Ors., 2025 SCC OnLine Bom 2055, ruled that where employees remain absent for a prolonged period without valid justification and fail to respond to repeated notices to resume duty, the employer can treat such absence as voluntary abandonment of employment. The Court held that removal of names from the muster roll in such cases…

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