Ramlogan calls for PSC to be disbanded after officer wins legal battle

Se­nior Coun­sel Anand Ram­lo­gan is call­ing for the Pub­lic Ser­vice Com­mis­sion (PSC) to be dis­band­ed af­ter his client emerged vic­to­ri­ous in an al­most two-decade le­gal bat­tle over the com­mis­sion’s de­ci­sion to de­clare that she had aban­doned her job af­ter be­ing ab­sent for sev­er­al months due to in­jury and preg­nan­cy.

Ram­lo­gan made the call yes­ter­day, days af­ter the Unit­ed King­dom-based Privy Coun­cil ruled in favour of his client, Fa­vian­na Ga­jad­har, in what should be the fi­nal law­suit aris­ing from her dis­pute with the com­mis­sion over her ter­mi­na­tion.

In an un­usu­al move on Mon­day, five Law Lords de­liv­ered their judg­ment up­hold­ing Ga­jad­har’s ap­peal af­ter hear­ing sub­mis­sions at the UK Supreme Court build­ing in Lon­don, Eng­land.