{"id":349487,"date":"2025-06-03T14:00:14","date_gmt":"2025-06-03T08:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=349487"},"modified":"2025-06-04T11:28:44","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T05:58:44","slug":"latest-high-court-cases-service-labour-laws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/06\/03\/latest-high-court-cases-service-labour-laws\/","title":{"rendered":"Cases Reported in HCC | Latest High Court Cases on Service and Labour Laws"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: 150%;\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">Stay informed about the latest High Court cases on service and labour laws with this comprehensive overview as we delve into the latest cases reported in the High Court Cases (HCC), focusing on critical issues such as industrial disputes, employee transfers, departmental inquiries, and compulsory retirement.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-weight: bold; font-size: 14pt; color: red;\">(2024) 1 HCC (Bom)<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #e6eeff; border-bottom: 1px solid black; border-bottom-style: dashed;\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Labour Law \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002756734\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Industrial Disputes Act, 1947<\/a> \u2014 S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001532547\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2(a)(i)<\/a> \u2014 Appropriate Government \u2014 Central or State Government<\/span> \u2014 <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Held<\/span>, prior to the 2010 amendment, the test was whether the industry was carried on by or under authority of the Central Government, which required proving a relationship akin to agency. Post-amendment, autonomous bodies controlled by the Central Government also fall under the Central Government&#8217;s jurisdiction. In the present case, Tata Memorial Centre was held to be an autonomous body, as administrative control exercised by Government of India through TMC, require approval of Department of atomic energy \u2014 Funds required to pay pension etc, borne through grants released by Government of India \u2014Court reached to the conclusion that Central Government exercised control over TMC Hence, appropriate Government for TMC is Central Government, not State [<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Tata Memorial Centre<\/span> v. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Tata Memorial Hospital Workers Union Tata Memorial Hospital<\/span>, (2024) 1 HCC (Bom) 415]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid black; border-bottom-style: dashed;\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Service Law \u2014 Transfer of Employee\/Service \u2014 Validity of transfer\/Judicial review<\/span> \u2014 <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Held<\/span>, transfer of Respondent from Nashik to Pune was contrary to Cl. (3) read with Cl. 6(vi) of the ECI Circular dt. 21-12-2023 as he was due to retire within six months and not handling election-related duties \u2014 Further held, transfer was not supported by any recorded reason under S. 22-N (2) of the Maharashtra Police Act, 1951, such as public interest or administrative exigency, and hence was invalid &#8212; Petitioner\u2019s transfer, being a consequence of this, also could not be sustained [<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Dattatraya R. Karale<\/span> v. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Shekhar Balasaheb Genbhau<\/span>, (2024) 1 HCC (Bom) 435]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-weight: bold; font-size: 14pt; color: red;\">(2024) 1 HCC (Cal)<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #e6eeff; border-bottom: 1px solid black; border-bottom-style: dashed;\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Service Law \u2014 Recruitment Process \u2014 Challenge to recruitment process \u2014 Validity thereof<\/span> \u2014 Scrutiny committee shortlisted 11 candidates for the post of Director, Eastern Zonal Cultural Centre (EZCC), and subsequently, Search-cum-Selection Committee called 20 additional eligible candidates for interview \u2014 <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Held<\/span>, Search Committee was empowered to review applications to ensure no eligible candidate was left out, particularly when no mala fide, fraud, or procedural irregularity was established \u2014 Further held, while scrutinising validity of recruitment process judicial process need to be exercised only to prevent \u201cmiscarriage of justice\u201d and to secure \u201cfair play in action\u201d [<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Eastern Zonal Cultural Centre<\/span> v. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Laipubam Upendro Sharma<\/span>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-9002226278\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(2024) 1 HCC (Cal) 1<\/a>]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid black; border-bottom-style: dashed;\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Service Law \u2014 Departmental Enquiry \u2014 Disciplinary Proceedings \u2014 Quashing of Proceedings<\/span> \u2014 Petitioner, aggrieved by the dismissal from service following disciplinary proceedings initiated by the respondent and subsequent affirmation of dismissal by appellate authority filed the writ petition \u2014 <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Held<\/span>, order of the appellate authority which had affirmed order of dismissal passed against the petitioner by disciplinary authority had failed to assign cogent brief reasons in support of its concurrence with the decision taken by disciplinary authority. Both orders of disciplinary authority and appellate authority were set aside. petitioner entitled to continuity in service till superannuation and 50% back wages [<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Prokash Chandra Maity v. State of W.B.<\/span>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-9002652404\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(2024) 1 HCC (Cal) 318<\/a>]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-weight: bold; font-size: 14pt; color: red;\">(2024) 4 HCC (Del)<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #e6eeff; border-bottom: 1px solid black; border-bottom-style: dashed;\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Labour Law \u2014 Domestic\/Departmental Enquiry \u2014 Charge-sheet<\/span> \u2014 Chargesheet issued against bank employee for misappropriation of public funds \u2014 Labour court ruled in favour of bank employee and held inquiry against him was not just, fair and proper. Application filed to adduce fresh evidence to prove misconduct which tribunal dismissed, present petition \u2014 <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Held<\/span>, right to adduce fresh evidence must be exercised by making a specific plea\/request in written statement during course of proceedings and not after conclusion of findings [<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Central Bank of India<\/span> v. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Kunwar Pal Singh<\/span>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-9002537536\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(2024) 4 HCC (Del) 420<\/a>]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid black; border-bottom-style: dashed;\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Service Law \u2014 Departmental Enquiry \u2014 Charge\/Charge sheet \u2014 Quashing of<\/span> \u2014 When final order imposing punishment or otherwise adversely affecting party is passed, that party can have grievance \u2014 <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Held<\/span>, Neither disciplinary proceedings, nor charge memo\/show cause can be quashed by Courts at initial stage of proceedings since it would be premature to deal with asserted issues, as no legal rights per se have been infringed by issuance of charge memo\/ show cause \u2014 Writ jurisdiction can be invoked only when charge memo\/ show cause notice issued wholly without jurisdiction and there exists violation of procedure prescribed for initiating departmental enquiry [<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Rakesh Mohan Agarwal<\/span> v. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Union of India<\/span>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-9002490368\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(2024) 4 HCC (Del) 119<\/a>]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #e6eeff; border-bottom: 1px solid black; border-bottom-style: dashed;\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Labour Law \u2014 Abandonment of Service \u2014 Burden of proof of abandonment<\/span> \u2014 Respondent was working with Petitioner-company &#8212; Respondent issued a retrenchment notice informing the respondent employee pertaining to the termination of his services \u2014 <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Held<\/span>, onus to prove abandonment of job is on employer\/management \u2014 sole statement in evidence of abandonment which is controverted by workman is not sufficient to make out case of abandonment \u2014 Mere filing of affidavit alleging that workman abandoned services is insufficient to discharge onus \u2014 Further held, absence of production of resignation letter on record and amount paid for settlement not being mentioned in the settlement agreement rendering the agreement invalid reflects lack of evidence \u2014 Nothing to show mutual agreement between petitioner Company and respondent employee \u2014 Respondent employee illegally terminated \u2014 Company to satisfy the requirements of S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001532559\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">25-F<\/a> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002756734\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Industrial Disputes Act, 1947<\/a> [<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Atlas Logistic (P) Ltd.<\/span> v. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Jitendra Kumar<\/span>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-9002368967\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(2024) 2 HCC (Del) 297<\/a>]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid black; border-bottom-style: dashed;\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Service Law \u2014 Compulsory Retirement \u2014 Rules for compulsory retirement-<\/span> Union of India issued order retiring petitioner a government servant in exercise of powers conferred under R. 56(j) of the Fundamental Rules on his attaining 50 years of age \u2014 Order Challenged, Central Administrative Tribunal upheld the order of compulsory retirement \u2014 <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Held<\/span>, Office Memorandum issued by Union of India clearly contemplates that non-adherence to timelines due to certain administrative exigencies shall not take away power of appropriate authority to prematurely retire a government servant under Fundamental Rules 56(j), 56(l) and 48 of the CCS (Pension) Rules, 1972 [<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Jitendra Kumar Ojha<\/span> v. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Union of India<\/span>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-9002421189\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(2024) 3 HCC (Del) 334<\/a>]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-weight: bold; font-size: 14pt; color: red;\">(2024) 1 HCC (Mad)<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #e6eeff; border-bottom: 1px solid black; border-bottom-style: dashed;\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Service Law \u2014 Departmental enquiry \u2014 Disciplinary proceedings \u2014 Mercy petition<\/span> \u2014 Petitioner filed a mercy petition sough to set aside punishment \u2014 <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Held<\/span>, Respondent 3 was not appointing authority hence not competent to impose punishment &#8212; The rejection order of the mercy petition by the respondent was seen bad in the eyes of law and fit to be necessarily interfered with. Order was quashed and remanded back [<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">K. Kanthavel<\/span> v. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">T.N. SEB<\/span>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-9002258796\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(2024) 1 HCC (Mad) 1<\/a>]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid black; border-bottom-style: dashed;\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Service Law \u2014 Penalty\/Punishment \u2014 Proportionality\/Quantum of punishment<\/span> \u2014 <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Held<\/span>, respondent was under suspension and had attained the age of superannuation dismissal from service was modified to compulsory retirement as enumerated under the head of major penalties in Cl. 4(j) of United Bank of India Officers and Employees (Discipline and Appeal) Regulations, 1976 [<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">United Bank of India<\/span> v. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Sujatha Bhupathiraj<\/span>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-9002358719\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(2024) 1 HCC (Mad) 79<\/a>]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-style: italic;\">Explore the latest Cases reported in SCC&#8217;s High Court Cases (HCC)Volume on Industrial Dispute, Transfer of Employees, Departmental Enquiry, Compulsory Retirement and much 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