High Court has ruled in favour of Employment Tribunal's decision that Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC)'s action against an assistant investigation officer at ACC was unjust.

The case pertains to allegations made against the ACC officer that they produced a chart on a Facebook page in May 2020 highlighting business relationships of then Finance Minister Ibrahim Amir.

ACC's report on the disciplinary case against the employee stated that they acted against best practice and the violated regulations at the ACC's Intelligence Unit and failed to maintain confidence in their role as an intelligence officer. ACC transferred the employee to the investigation unit and removed their access as a head of the intelligence unit.

The employee then filed an appeal with Employment Tribunal, alleging ACC had acted in violation of law and regulations.

In the appeal, the employee sought a declaration that ACC was in violation of the Employment Act and the Staff Rules at ACC.

After examining the case, the Tribunal ruled on 30 June 2022 that the action taken by the ACC against the employee was not appropriate. The Tribunal also declared that the action was taken in violation of the Employment Act and the ACC Rules. As such, the Tribunal ruled that the action taken against the employee is void.

The Tribunal also ordered the ACC to remove all documents related to the action from the employee's personal record and notify the tribunal within three days.

However, the ACC appealed to the High Court against the Tribunal's decision.

ACC asked the High Court to declare that the Tribunal's decision on the case was not in accordance with judicial and legal rules and that the action taken by the commission against the employee was in accordance with legal rules.

After hearing the case, the High Court ruled that there was no reason to change the decision of the Tribunal.