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Calcutta High Court in Sk. Ekbal vs. The State of West Bengal and Ors. (WPA 23541/2024), disallowing the gratuity claim of the employee for the period he remained as a badli worker observed that the primary burden rests upon the workman to demonstrate that he has completed 240 days in a calendar...

Supreme Court in The VVF Ltd. Employees Union vs. M/S. VVF India Limited &Anr. CA No. 2754/2023, determined that when revising wages and other benefits, the standard practice followed by industrial adjudicators is to employ the industry-cum-region test. This approach essentially entails...

Kerala High Court in Cherplassery Co-Operative Hospital Ltd. vs. State of Kerala WP(C) No. 32291/2014, highlighted a crucial aspect regarding the employment conditions within cooperative societies. While acknowledging the Kerala Co-operative Societies Act, 1969 (“Societies Act“) as...

Supreme Court in Sandeep Kumar vs. Gb Pant Institute of Engineering and Technology Ghurdauri & Ors. SLP(C) 8788/2023, while rejecting the contention of the employer that there was no requirement to hold a regular inquiry before terminating the services of the employee whose appointment on the...

Supreme Court in Shriram Manohar Bande vs. Uktranti Mandal &Ors. [SLP(C) 21401/2022], on April 25, 2024, while rejecting the contention of the employee that resignation would come into effect only after its acceptance is communicated to an employee, observed that as per service jurisprudence...

Madras High Court in R. Rajamani vs. The State of Tamil Nadu WP(MD) 9989/2024, on April 29, 2024while quashing the employer’s order of retrospectively revising the salary and consequential pensionary benefits of the employee post his retirement from service based on audit objection, observed...

Delhi High Court in Delhi State Legal Services Authority vs. Annwesha Deb (23.04.2024 – DELHC) : MANU/DE/2951/2024, examined an issue as to whether the appointment of the female individual, as a panel lawyer by the Delhi State Legal Services Authority, can be held as an “employment for...

The Karnataka High Court observed that there is no limitation provided for filing the complaint under Section 33-A of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 (ID Act). The Dharwad Bench observed thus in a writ petition filed by the Divisional Controller (South), N.W.K.R.T.C. Belagavi Division against a...