Unfair dismissal: Court upholds RM471k award to ex-bank manager

A civil court in Ipoh dismissed a commercial bank’s judicial review to quash the Industrial Court’s award of over RM471,840.60 to its former senior manager over an unfair dismissal case.

Counsel Ramesh NP Chandran, who acted for respondent Abd Razak Mohd Kassim, confirmed that the High Court yesterday denied the legal action by Bank Islam Malaysia Bhd.

The lawyer said that judge Bhupinder Singh ruled the civil court found no reason to disturb the Industrial Court award dated Dec 17, 2019, and ordered the bank...