Is Insolence Grounds for Termination?

Generally, disciplinary sanctions other than dismissal will be required. However, in exceptional cases or in the presence of repeated misconduct, the employee's insubordination or insolence may amount to cause for dismissal.

Is insolence a dismissible Offence?

Insolence is an employee's disrespectful behaviour towards the employer. ... As a general rule, for insubordination to constitute misconduct justifying a dismissal it has to be shown that the employee deliberately refused to obey a reasonable and lawful instruction by the employer.

On what grounds can an employee be terminated?

India's labor laws cite the following reasons that justify termination for cause—willful insubordination or disobedience; theft, fraud, or dishonesty; willful damage to or loss of employer's goods; partaking of bribes or any illegal gratification; absence without leave for more than 10 days; habitual late attendance; ...