Contractual employment not enforceable when contract lacks statutory governance: Madhya Pradesh High Court
Madhya Pradesh High Court noted that the petitioner had been absent for an extended period, both before and after the court’s interim orders.
Reinstatement
Punjab & Haryana High Court orders for reinstatement of employees of Gurdwara Committee who were terminated on allegations of consumption of liquor
Punjab & Haryana High Court: While allowing the instant petition filed against the order, whereby the services of the petitioners were terminated
Supreme Court reinstates All India Chess Federation secretary Bharat Singh Chauhan till August 15 to ensure smooth holding of the prestigious Chess Olympiad-2022
Supreme Court: The Division Bench comprising M.R. Shah and Aniruddha Bose, JJ., reinstated All India Chess Federation (AICF) secretary Bharat Singh Chauhan
‘Can’t allow mass absorption of over 11,000 workers based on a flawed Report’. SC forms new Committee to put an end to the long drawn LIC versus temporary employees battle
Supreme court: In a long ongoing battle between Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) and its temporary/badli/part-time employees over claim for absorption,
Guj HC | Court directs reinstatement of employee alleged of corruption charges; termination order quashed
Gujarat High Court: Biren Vaishnav, J. allowed a petition which was filed challenging the order of termination passed by the respondent –
Bank Employees misappropriate funds. Confession by one leads to mild penalty; No evidence against another leads to dismissal! SC directs reinstatement
Supreme Court: In a case where a bank employee was dismissed from services despite lack of evidence, the bench of KM Joseph
Jhar HC | No protest by a delinquent servant for charges being vague doesn’t save the enquiry from being vitiated; HC emphasises on fair play in departmental proceedings
Jharkhand High Court: Deepak Roshan, J., partly allowed the challenge against the order of the Disciplinary Authority whereby the petitioner had been
Is dismissal from service per se an unfair labour practice for being disproportionate to the misconduct proved? Supreme Court answers
Supreme Court: While hearing the appeal filed by Maharashtra SRTC, the Division Bench comprising of M. R. Shah* and B. V. Nagarathna,
Jhar HC | Conclusion of Departmental proceeding on the ground of conviction by Trial Court; will subsequent acquittal by High Court affect the outcome of departmental proceeding?
Jharkhand High Court: Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J. while holding the reason assigned by the Director-General of Police (DGP) while rejecting the claim
“The question is of trust”. No matter how trivial the case, suppression of fact of conviction can lead to termination from service: Supreme Court
When a candidate suppresses material information and/or gives false information, the choice/option whether to continue or not to continue such an employee always must be given to the employer.
Wrongful termination| Reinstatement with full back wages not automatic in every case, holds Supreme Court
Supreme Court: The bench of R. Subhash Reddy* and Sanjiv Khanna, JJ has held that reinstatement with full back wages is not
‘Reinstatement by NCLAT “too big a pill” for perhaps even Cyrus Mistry to swallow’; Here’s why Supreme Court upheld Cyrus Mistry’s removal as Chairman by the Tata Sons
“NCLAT appears to have granted the relief of reinstatement gratis without any foundation in pleadings, without any prayer and without any basis in law, thereby forcing upon the appellant an Executive Chairman, who now is unable to support his own reinstatement. “
Bom HC | Classic case of unfair labour practice: Workmen not given permanency on being engaged in a rotational pattern || Pool of Temporaries, Termination, Perennial Work & more
Bombay High Court: S.C. Gupte, J., addressed a group of petitions that challenged four sets of identical awards passed by Labour Courts
Guj HC | Dismissing the argument of arrangement being a Contractual set up with no Industrial dispute as such, Court upholds reinstatement of the workman granting compensation against back wages
Gujarat High Court: A.P. Thaker J., upholding the decision of the Labour Court with respect to reinstatement of the workman, directed the
Bom HC | Amount misappropriated not to be considered while determining proportionality of punishment; labour court’s order reinstating employee quashed
Bombay High Court: Ravindra V. Ghuhe, J. allowed a petition filed by Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation against the order of the Labour
Suspension revoked; reinstatement ordered pending prolonged inquiry proceedings for 9 years
Madras High Court: A Bench of Dr S. Vimala, J. addressed a writ petition in which it was stated that petitioner was
In cases of wrongful termination of service, reinstatement with continuity of service is the only normal rule
Himachal Pradesh High Court: A Division Bench comprising of Surya Kant, CJ and Ajay Mohan Goel, J. declared that even if there