DR NARESH KUMAR ARORA vs NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED & ANR.

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Decided on: 01.04.2025 W.P.(C) 4058/2025 DR NARESH KUMAR ARORA .....Petitioner Through: Ms. Jasvinder Kaur, Advocate. versus NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Sanjay Rawat, Advocate. [M:- 9810105108] CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE PRATEEK JALAN PRATEEK JALAN, J. (ORAL) 1. The petitioner has approached this Court under Article 226 of the Constitution, against an order dated 13.12.2024, by which his request for grant of compassionate allowance has been rejected. 2. The petitioner was in the service of the respondent-National Insurance Company Limited [“NICL”] as a Deputy Manager, when disciplinary proceedings were held against him, and he was dismissed by an order dated 30.06.2010. 3. In the order of dismissal, it was noted that a criminal prosecution was initiated against the petitioner under Section 7 and 13 of the Prevention of Corporation Act, 1988 [“the PC Act”], for demanding illegal gratification for settlement of a motor claim, and that he was caught red-handed while accepting the gratification. The criminal proceedings culminated in an order of conviction, following which the 4. Ms. Jasvinder Kaur, l