In what is said to be a major ruling, the Supreme Court of India rejected a wife's plea of blaming the boss for her husband's extreme step of killing himself and ending his life. The apex court stated, "If an employee takes the extreme step of ending his/her life due to heavy workload at the office, his superior cannot be held accused of abetting the suicide."

Kishor Parashar committed suicide back in August 2017 due to extreme pressure at work. The deceased's wife later filed an FIR stating that her husband was forced to work at odd hours and even threatened to stop his increment. Striking down the suicide abetment case against Aurangabad education official, the Supreme Court held that the allegations in the FIR were inadequate and did not fulfill the requirements of Section 306 (abetment to suicide) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).