Delhi High Court reinstates SSB Constable fired for attempting suicide, says mental illness not a choice

A division bench of Justices Sanjeev Sachdeva and Manoj Jain said that the SSB authorities wrongly treated mental illness like depression as "bad conduct."
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The Delhi High Court recently ordered reinstatement of a Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) Constable who had been suffering from depression and who was removed from service for attempting to die by suicide while working as a dog handler [Vasudev Panchal v Union of India & Ors].

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