Uwa Development Bank vs Ceylon Bank Employees Union – SC APPEAL NO. 39/2016-2016

In the case between Uwa Development Bank (Employer-Appellant) and the Ceylon Bank Employees Union (on behalf of the bank employee, Applicant-Respondent), the Supreme Court considered whether the termination of the employee was justified in view of the failure to maintain the standard of 100% trustworthiness and honesty required of a bank officer. The sequence of events included the employee’s dismissal following a domestic inquiry and subsequent findings by the Labour Tribunal and the High Court in favor of reinstatement with partial back wages. The Supreme Court held that the employee’s conduct did not meet the required standards of integrity central to banking service. Relying on authoritative precedents such as National Savings Bank v. Ceylon Bank Employees Union and Bank of Ceylon v. M