Overview

• On July 14, Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav expunged all stigmatic language referring to “malicious conduct” from Mishra’s termination letter.
• On July 17, the court ordered Wipro to pay Rs 2 lakh in compensatory damages to redress the reputational harm, emotional distress and professional credibility loss suffered by Mishra.
• Wipro must issue a fresh termination letter free of defamatory content while the decision to terminate Mishra’s employment remains unchanged.
• Mishra served as a principal consultant from March 2018 to June 2020 and had initially sought over Rs 2.10 crore in his defamation suit.
• The ruling highlights that unsubstantiated negative remarks in official employment records can expose companies to legal liability under Indian defamation law.