# Can employees take leave during notice period? Rules and court rulings explained 2026-08-09T04:47:09+00:00 | Entertainment | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 2 independent outlets Employees can apply for leave during their notice period, but it is not an automatic right. The Delhi High Court in Ghanshyam vs DMRC (2007) allowed sanctioned leave to run with the notice period if no rule prohibits it. However, the Supreme Court in CAMPCo vs B. Vishnu Murthy (2022) held that where service rules forbid overlap, the employee cannot combine leave and notice period. Courts in other cases have ruled that absence without approval, even with leave balance, can be deemed misconduct, though genuine medical emergencies may be considered. The key is to check company service rules and obtain written approval before taking leave. ## Coverage - aajtak.in - bazaar.businesstoday.in This story was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above. Updated: this story now draws on 2 sources. Last updated 2026-09-27T06:07:41+00:00. Tags: अर्सलान गोनी, अलायंस, पार्टी, सलमान खान, सुजैन खान, सोहेल खान Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/can-employees-take-leave-during-notice-period-rules-and-court-rulings-explained/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/can-employees-take-leave-during-notice-period-rules-and-court-rulings-explained/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes. How this brief was made: an AI model read the reports linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. Stance labels are editorial classifications of how each outlet framed this story, assigned by the same model, not ratings of the outlets. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/