Employee to prove that he was not gainfully employed during the relevant period: SC

National Gandhi Museum Vs Sudhir Sharma (Supreme Court)

In the case of Talwara Cooperative Credit and Service Society Ltd. (supra), this Court has held that the fact whether an employee after dismissal was gainfully employed is within his special knowledge and therefore, considering the principles laid down in Section 106 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872, the burden is on the employee to come out with a case that he was not gainfully employed during the relevant period.

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