Date of the Judgment: 21 February 2025 Citation: 2025 INSC 259 Judges: Sudhanshu Dhulia, J., Ahsanuddin Amanullah, J. Can the service period of job contract employees be fully counted for pension benefits upon regularization? The Supreme Court of India addressed this critical question in a batch of appeals filed by the State of Odisha, settling […]
Supreme Court Directs Absorption of Long-Serving Employees: State of Bihar vs. Jawahar Lal Ram (2023) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether employees working for an extended period on contract basis are entitled to absorption into permanent positions. CASE TYPE: Service Law Case Name: The State of Bihar and Others vs. Jawahar Lal Ram and Others [Judgment Date]: April
Supreme Court Upholds Denial of Regularization for Daily Wage Employee: Vibhuti Shankar Pandey vs. State of Madhya Pradesh (2023) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether a daily wage employee is entitled to regularization without a sanctioned post and appointment by a competent authority. CASE TYPE: Service Law Case Name: Vibhuti Shankar Pandey vs. The State of Madhya Pradesh
Supreme Court overturns High Court order on regularization of work-charge employee: State of Nagaland vs. Nishevi Achumi (2022) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether a High Court can direct the State to regularize the services of a deceased work-charge employee retrospectively, especially when the employee did not claim regularization during his lifetime and was not eligible for it
Supreme Court Grants Parity in Regularization Benefits: Milan Rana vs. Govt. of NCT of Delhi (2022) Date of the Judgment: April 05, 2022 Citation: 2022 INSC 289 Judges: Uday Umesh Lalit, J., S. Ravindra Bhat, J., Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha, J. Can an employee be denied benefits that were previously granted to a similarly situated employee?
Supreme Court overturns High Court order on regularization of contractual employees: State of Gujarat vs. R.J. Pathan (2022) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether contractual employees working on a project basis can claim regularization based on the length of their service, especially when their employment was initially for a fixed term and in a temporary project. CASE TYPE:
Supreme Court Overturns High Court Order on Temporary Status for Casual Laborers: BSNL vs. Deo Kumar Rai (2021) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether a casual laborer is entitled to temporary status under the Casual Labourers (Grant of Temporary Status and Regularization) Scheme of the Department of Telecommunications, 1989, if they have not worked for 240 days in
Supreme Court clarifies seniority of ad-hoc and regular LDCs: Shyam Sunder Oberoi vs. District and Session Judge (2021) Date of the Judgment: December 8, 2021 Citation: 2021 INSC 744 Judges: Justice Ajay Rastogi and Justice Abhay S. Oka. The judgment was authored by Justice Rastogi. Can ad-hoc employees who are regularized later claim seniority from
Supreme Court Clarifies Seniority for Regularized Ad Hoc Employees: Malook Singh vs. State of Punjab (2021) LEGAL ISSUE: Determination of seniority for ad hoc employees upon regularization. CASE TYPE: Service Law Case Name: Malook Singh and Others vs. State of Punjab and Others Judgment Date: 28 September 2021 Date of the Judgment: 28 September 2021
Supreme Court Clarifies Seniority for Ad Hoc Engineers: Rashi Mani Mishra vs. State of Uttar Pradesh (2021) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether services rendered as ad hoc prior to regularization should be counted for seniority. CASE TYPE: Service Law Case Name: Rashi Mani Mishra and others vs. State of Uttar Pradesh and others Judgment Date: 28 July
Supreme Court clarifies regularization of contract employees: University of Delhi vs. Delhi University Contract Employees Union (2021) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether contract employees are entitled to regularization and what criteria should be used for their selection process. CASE TYPE: Service Law Case Name: University of Delhi vs. Delhi University Contract Employees Union & Ors. Judgment Date:
Supreme Court Upholds Rejection of Panchayat Land Regularization for Encroachments Exceeding 200 Square Yards LEGAL ISSUE: Whether unauthorized occupation of Panchayat land exceeding 200 square yards can be regularized under Rule 12(4) of the Punjab Village Common Lands (Regulation) Rules, 1964. CASE TYPE: Land Law, Panchayat Land Regularization. Case Name: Joginder and another vs. State
