Supreme Court Upholds Dismissal in Drunken Misconduct Case: Standard Chartered Bank vs. R.C. Srivastava (2021) LEGAL ISSUE: Scope of interference by a Labour Tribunal in a domestic enquiry. CASE TYPE: Industrial Dispute Case Name: Standard Chartered Bank vs. R.C. Srivastava Judgment Date: 29 September 2021 Date of the Judgment: 29 September 2021 Citation: 2021 INSC […]
Supreme Court Clarifies Applicability of Industrial Disputes Act to Irrigation Department Employees LEGAL ISSUE: Whether an Irrigation Department is an “Industrial Establishment” under the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947. CASE TYPE: Labour Law. Case Name: State of Madhya Pradesh & Ors. vs. Somdutt Sharma. Judgment Date: 29 September 2021 Introduction Date of the Judgment: 29 September
Supreme Court Upholds Voluntary Retirement Acceptance Despite Employee’s Withdrawal Attempt: New Victoria Mills vs. Shrikant Arya (2021) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether an employee can withdraw their voluntary retirement application after it has been accepted by the employer but before the effective date of retirement, especially when the employer postpones the relieving date. CASE TYPE: Labour Law/Service
National Gandhi Museum vs. Sudhir Sharma: Supreme Court on Reinstatement and Compensation Date of the Judgment: 24 September 2021 Citation: [Not Available in Source] Judges: Abhay S. Oka, J., Ajay Rastogi, J. Can an employee, found guilty of misconduct, be reinstated with full back wages simply because the employer failed to obtain prior approval for
Supreme Court clarifies the application of Section 33 of the Industrial Disputes Act in Sri Dorairaj Spintex vs R Chittibabu LEGAL ISSUE: The core legal issue revolves around the interpretation and application of Section 33 of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, specifically concerning the conditions under which an employer can take disciplinary action against workmen
Supreme Court Modifies Compensation for Daily Wage Worker Termination: Ranbir Singh vs. Executive Engineer PWD (2021) Date of the Judgment: September 2, 2021 Citation: (2021) INSC 580 Judges: K.M. Joseph, J. and Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha, J. Can a daily wage worker, whose services were terminated in violation of Section 25F of the Industrial Disputes Act,
Supreme Court Upholds Financial Stringency in Denying Revised Pay Scales to Cooperative Employees LEGAL ISSUE: Whether financial stringency can be a valid reason to deny revised pay scales to employees of a cooperative federation. CASE TYPE: Service Law. Case Name: Punjab State Co-operative Milk Producers Federation Ltd. & Anr. vs. Balbir Kumar Walia & Ors.
Supreme Court Upholds Labour Court Decision: State of Uttarakhand vs. Smt. Sureshwati (2021) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether the High Court was correct in reversing the Labour Court’s award based on the lack of a disciplinary inquiry, when the Labour Court had already considered all the evidence presented by both parties. CASE TYPE: Labour Law Case Name:
Supreme Court on Regularisation of Contract Labourers: FCI Workers vs. Ravuthar Dawood Naseem (2020) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether the Food Corporation of India (FCI) was in contempt of court for not regularizing contract workers under the Departmental Labour System. CASE TYPE: Contempt of Court, Labour Law Case Name: The Workmen through the Convener FCI Labour Federation
ONGC Employees Regularization: Supreme Court Sets Date for Regular Employment LEGAL ISSUE: Determining the correct date for regularizing term-based employees. CASE TYPE: Industrial Dispute Case Name: ONGC Employees Mazdoor Sabha vs. The Executive Director Basin Manager, Oil & Natural Gas Corporation (India) Ltd. [Judgment Date]: 13 February 2020 Introduction Date of the Judgment: 13 February
Supreme Court refers ONGC Regularisation Case to Larger Bench Date of the Judgment: February 7, 2020 Judges: Dr Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud, J and Ajay Rastogi, J. Can a temporary employee of a public sector undertaking, who has worked for more than 240 days, automatically become a permanent employee? The Supreme Court of India grappled with
Supreme Court Upholds Civil Court Jurisdiction in Fine Recovery Case: Rajasthan State Road Transport Corp. vs. Ramesh Kumar Sharma (2020) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether a civil court can adjudicate a dispute regarding the recovery of a fine imposed on workmen, or if such a matter falls exclusively under the jurisdiction of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947.
