Supreme Court Settles Back Wages for Temporary Workers: Superintending Engineer vs. M. Natesan (2019) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether temporary workers are entitled to back wages upon reinstatement. CASE TYPE: Labour Law Case Name: The Superintending Engineer, TWAD Board & Another vs. M. Natesan ETC. Judgment Date: 10 May 2019 Introduction Date of the Judgment: 10 May […]
Supreme Court Clarifies Back Wages for Suspended Employee Acquitted of Criminal Charges Date of the Judgment: 01 April 2019 Citation: (2019) INSC 264 Judges: L. Nageswara Rao, J. and M.R. Shah, J. Can an employee who was suspended due to criminal charges and later acquitted claim full back wages for the entire suspension period? The
Supreme Court awards compensation instead of reinstatement for temporary employee: LIC vs. Dinesh Singh (2019) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether a temporary employee, whose services were terminated, should be reinstated or compensated, considering the specific facts of the case and the long lapse of time. CASE TYPE: Service Law Case Name: The Regional Manager, Life Insurance Corporation
Supreme Court Upholds Reinstatement of Teacher: Marwari Balika Vidyalaya vs. Asha Srivastava (2019) LEGAL ISSUE: Maintainability of a writ petition against a private school receiving grant-in-aid for dearness allowance. CASE TYPE: Service Law Case Name: Marwari Balika Vidyalaya vs. Asha Srivastava & Ors. [Judgment Date]: 14 February 2019 Introduction Date of the Judgment: 14 February
Supreme Court clarifies re-employment of retrenched workers in U.P. Jal Nigam: Badri Vishal Pandey vs. Rajesh Mittal (2019) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether retrenched daily wage workers have a right to automatic reinstatement based on a previous court order. CASE TYPE: Contempt of Court/Service Law Case Name: Badri Vishal Pandey & Ors. vs. Rajesh Mittal & Ors.
Supreme Court overturns High Court order on reinstatement of employee after departmental enquiry: APSRTC vs. G. Kondal Rao (2018) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether an employee can be reinstated with continuity of service after being terminated following a departmental enquiry that found them guilty of misconduct. CASE TYPE: Service Law Case Name: APSRTC & Ors. vs. G.
Supreme Court overturns High Court order on contract employee reinstatement: APSRTC vs. M. Maruthi (2018) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether a contract employee, dismissed after a departmental inquiry, is entitled to reinstatement with continuity of service based on a previous judgment concerning employees terminated without inquiry. CASE TYPE: Service Law Case Name: The Depot Manager, APSRTC vs.
Supreme Court Upholds Reinstatement, Orders Back Wages for Deceased LIC Employee: Life Insurance Corporation of India vs. Sri Kalappa M. Sankad (2018) INSC 886 Date of the Judgment: 12 October 2018 Citation: (2018) INSC 886 Judges: Abhay Manohar Sapre, J., Indu Malhotra, J. Can an employer’s termination order be set aside even if the employee
Supreme Court Orders Reinstatement Despite Qualification Issue: Mamta Rohit vs. Dr. Prafulla Ranjan (2018) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether an appointment can be cancelled due to a lack of required qualifications after the appointee has joined, served, and been confirmed, especially when the appointing authority relaxed the qualification criteria. CASE TYPE: Service Law Case Name: Mamta Rohit
Supreme Court directs lump sum payment to PWD worker in lieu of reinstatement: The Chief Engineer vs. S. Patrajan (2018) Date of the Judgment: 20 September 2018 Citation: Not Available Judges: Abhay Manohar Sapre, J., S. Abdul Nazeer, J. Can a long-serving temporary worker be denied compensation after their services are discontinued? The Supreme Court
Supreme Court Limits Full Back Wages in Reinstatement Cases: Rajasthan State Road Transport Corporation vs. Phool Chand (2018) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether a workman is automatically entitled to full back wages upon reinstatement after their dismissal is deemed unlawful. CASE TYPE: Labour Law, Service Law. Case Name: Rajasthan State Road Transport Corporation, Jaipur vs. Shri Phool
Date of the Judgment: 28 November 2017 Citation: (2017) INSC 988 Judges: R.K. Agrawal, J., Abhay Manohar Sapre, J. Can a daily wage worker, whose services were terminated due to a procedural defect, automatically get reinstatement with full back wages? The Supreme Court addressed this issue while hearing an appeal against a Labour Court award.
