unfair labour practice Archives

Bombay HC sets aside Industrial Court’s order staying transfer of Indian Express employee due to lack of mala fides

The Court referred to Rajendra Roy v. Union of India, (1993) 1 SCC 148 wherein it was held that, it is possible to draw reasonable inference of mala fide action from the pleadings and antecedent facts and circumstances, however it cannot be drawn from insinuation and vague suggestions.

High Court Round Up Legal RoundUp

HIGH COURTS JULY 2023 WEEKLY ROUNDUP| Stories on PayPal; Highway Tender Scam; WB Teacher Recruitment Scam; Maternity leave; and more

A quick legal roundup to cover important stories from all High Courts this week.

Case Briefs High Courts

Temporary, seasonal or short-term employment does not amount to unfair labour practice; Allahabad High Court denies relief to workman

Allahabad High Court said that it is not possible to hold that temporary employment for every seasonal increase in industrial activities as an unfair labour practice.

Case Briefs High Courts

To exercise rights, can contractual employees approach a permanent employer? Bom HC verdict determines

Bombay High Court: Reiterating the well-settled position that, contractual employees are not the employees of the principal employer, N.B. Suryawanshi, J., held

Case Briefs High Courts

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

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Bom HC | Govt. Order for payment of full wages during lockdown not applicable where management and workmen were already engaged in industrial adjudication prior to lockdown

Bombay High Court: A Division Bench of Ujjal Bhuyan and Riyaz I. Chagla, JJ., rejected the relief of payment of full wages to

Supreme Court

Casualization of service of workmen amounts to unfair labour practice

Supreme Court: In one of the prominent decision the Court granted relief to 49 casual workers working in Food Corporation of India