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‘Dispensing with inquiry should be an exception and not the rule’; P&H HC grants back wages to police officers who were reinstated after their dismissal

The Court observed that this was not the isolated case where the jurisdictional SSP of State had dispensed with inquiry. As soon as an FIR was registered against the police official, the jurisdictional SSPs opted to dispense with inquiry.

Case Briefs High Courts

‘No Work No Pay’ Principle inapplicable in Illegal Termination case; Delhi High Court quashes Delhi School Tribunal order

The Delhi High Court reiterated that in cases of wrongful termination of service, reinstatement with continuity of service and back wages is normal rule.

Case Briefs High Courts

Punjab and Haryana HC| Former MDI Director neither entitled to lien on Professor’s post nor back wages

Punjab and Haryana High Court clarified that right to lien is provided to employees of government/statutory bodies as per applicable rules, and the same was not a fundamental right to be read in every employment.

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Supreme Court rebukes Jharkhand Govt. for sleeping over 20-year-old case on back wages; Summons State’s Chief Secretary

During the hearing, an Advocate on the panel of the State of Jharkhand, has requested the Court to not summon the Chief Secretary, but Supreme Court declined the said request because the present matter has not been assigned to any counsel for the State of Jharkhand.

Case Briefs High Courts

Period treated as ‘not spent on duty’ must be construed for back wages and not for seniority and promotion: Delhi High Court

“Subsistence allowance is not a largesse, but the statutory right of an employee, and any denial of the same would amount to violation of Article 21 of the Constitution.”

Case Briefs High Courts

If Labour Court orders reinstatement and employer challenges the said order, is workman entitled to payment of full wages during pendency of challenge by employer? Del HC explains in consonance of Industrial Disputes Act

Delhi High Court: The Division Bench of Rajiv Shakdher and Talwant Singh, JJ., decided a matter with regard to payment of full

Case Briefs Supreme Court

SC | ‘Rakshak’ in Railway Protection Force, out of employment for a failure to prevent alleged theft. Read whether SC allows back wages and retiral benefits to him

Supreme Court: The Division Bench of L. Nageswara Rao and S. Ravindra Bhat, JJ., gave relief to the appellant by directing that

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Read SC’s opinion on HC’s developing a practice of calling upon Public Officers at drop of a hat and exerting direct or indirect pressure

Supreme Court: The Division Bench of Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Hemant Gupta, JJ., while addressing the matter, expressed that, The public officers

Case Briefs High 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

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

SL SC | Termination of employee justified where he did not act with full honesty; Court allows appeal by employer

Supreme Court of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka: A Full Bench of Sisira J. de Abrew, Murdu N.B. Fernando and

Case Briefs High Courts

Del HC | Reinstatement cannot be granted where employee acts in a manner by which management loses confidence in him; order of reinstatement quashed

Delhi High Court: J.R. Midha, J. allowed a writ petition filed by the employer challenging the award of the Labour Court whereby the

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Employee is entitled to full back wages if charges against him are found to be malicious

Supreme Court: The bench of L Nageswara Rao and MR Shah, JJ held that a man, by virtue of the disciplinary proceedings

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Workmen not entitled to claim back wages as of right on reinstatement; order of HC granting full back wages modified: SC

Supreme Court: The Bench comprising of A.M. Sapre and S. Abdul Nazeer, JJ, partially allowed a civil appeal filed against the judgment

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Order directing payment of full back wages to Class III & IV employees modified in the light of the immense financial burden it would cause to LIC

Supreme Court: In the revision petition filed against the order directing LIC to pay full back wages to it’s employees, the Court