Supreme Court Upholds Employee Rights in Termination Case: Basudev Dutta vs. State of West Bengal (2024) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether an employee can be terminated without a proper inquiry and in violation of natural justice principles. CASE TYPE: Service Law Case Name: Basudev Dutta vs. The State of West Bengal & Ors. Judgment Date: 05 December […]
Supreme Court Upholds Termination for Abandonment of Service: LIC vs. Om Parkash (2024) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether an employee’s absence from duty without intimation can be treated as abandonment of service, justifying termination without a formal inquiry. CASE TYPE: Service Law. Case Name: Life Insurance Corporation of India & Ors. vs. Om Parkash. [Judgment Date]: 13
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Supreme Court Clarifies Definition of ‘Workman’ under Industrial Disputes Act: Lenin Kumar Ray vs. Express Publications (2024) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether an employee is a ‘workman’ under Section 2(s) of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, based on their duties and salary. CASE TYPE: Industrial Dispute Case Name: Lenin Kumar Ray vs. M/s. Express Publications (Madurai) Ltd.
Kerala Agricultural University vs. T.P. Murali: Supreme Court on Termination of Service for Unauthorized Absence LEGAL ISSUE: Whether the termination of an employee’s service for unauthorized absence was valid when the employer failed to follow the prescribed procedure for disciplinary inquiry. CASE TYPE: Service Law Case Name: Kerala Agricultural University & Anr. vs. T.P. Murali
Supreme Court Upholds Termination for Concealing Criminal Cases in CRPF Recruitment: Union of India vs. Shishu Pal (2024) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether an employer is justified in terminating an employee’s services for suppressing information about pending criminal cases in their verification roll. CASE TYPE: Service Law, specifically related to employment in the Central Reserve Police Force
Supreme Court Clarifies Maintainability of Writ Petitions Against Private Educational Societies in Service Disputes LEGAL ISSUE: Whether a writ petition is maintainable against a private educational society in a service dispute. CASE TYPE: Service Law, Education Law Case Name: Army Welfare Education Society vs. Sunil Kumar Sharma & Ors. Judgment Date: 9 July 2024 Date
Supreme Court reinstates Registrar after wrongful termination: Sandeep Kumar vs. GB Pant Institute (2024) Date of the Judgment: April 16, 2024 Citation: 2024 INSC 309 Judges: B.R. Gavai, J., Sandeep Mehta, J. Can an employee be terminated without a proper inquiry, even if there are questions about their initial appointment? The Supreme Court of India
Supreme Court Upholds Discharge of Probationary Constable: State of Punjab vs. Jaswant Singh (2023) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether the discharge of a probationary constable under Rule 12.21 of the Punjab Police Rules, 1934, is valid, and whether it requires a formal inquiry if the discharge is based on prolonged absence without intimation. CASE TYPE: Service Law
Supreme Court Upholds Dismissal for Concealing Criminal Cases in CRPF Recruitment (26 September 2022) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether concealing information about pending criminal cases during recruitment justifies dismissal from service. CASE TYPE: Service Law (Central Armed Police Forces) Case Name: Satish Chandra Yadav vs. Union of India & Ors. and Pushpendra Kumar Yadav vs. Union of
Supreme Court Reinstates Contractual Employee: K. Ragupathi vs. State of Uttar Pradesh (2022) Date of the Judgment: May 12, 2022 Citation: K. Ragupathi vs. State of Uttar Pradesh (2022) INSC 489 Judges: L. Nageswara Rao, J. and B.R. Gavai, J. Can a university terminate a contractual employee without following principles of natural justice, even if
Supreme Court Upholds Termination for False Caste Certificate but Waives Recovery: Jayashree vs. Director Collegiate Education (2022) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether an appointment secured using a false caste certificate can be terminated, and if so, whether the employee is liable to repay the salary and benefits received. CASE TYPE: Service Law, Reservation in Appointments Case Name:
Supreme Court Reinstates Professor Illegally Terminated: Dr. Sushil Kumar Tripathi vs. Jagadguru Rambhadracharya Handicapped University (2021) Date of the Judgment: 29th October, 2021 Citation: 2021 INSC 750 Judges: Dr. Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud J., Vikram Nath J., B.V. Nagarathna J. Can a university terminate a professor’s services merely because the funding plan under which they were
