Orissa High Court news: Invoking the literary wisdom of Lebanese-American writer Khalil Gibran and American poet Ellen Sturgis Hooper, the Orissa High Court recently upheld the removal of a Bank of Baroda officer who refused to comply with a transfer order, citing the need to care for her aged parents.

Justices Krishna S Dixit and Chittaranjan Dash were hearing the appeal of Itishree Nath, a bank officer, and criticised the plea of violation of natural justice, observing that it cannot be chanted like a “Vedic mantra” and that such a plea is a “senseless sound” unless supported by substance.

The high court quoted Khalil Gibran’s poem ‘On Work’, stating that if an employee finds their duty distasteful, they should step away from the profession entirely:

“And if you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work and sit at the gate of the temple and take alms of those who work with joy.”

Further, to emphasise that adulthood and professional life are defined by…