2026 LLR WEB 1180 - TELANGANA HIGH COURT Retrospective amendment to the definition of "employee" under Section 2(e) of the Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972 brought teachers within its purview with effect from 03.04.1997, rendering the earlier judicial exclusion of teachers inapplicable. GRATUITY - Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972 - Section 2(e) - Payment of Gratuity (Amendment) Act, 2009 - Definition of "Employee" - Retrospective Amendment - Teachers - Writ petition by an e...... read full judgement

2026 LLR WEB 1179 - TRIPURA HIGH COURT An inquiry into a workplace sexual harassment complaint is not a mere preliminary fact-finding exercise but a statutory inquiry under the service rules applicable to the respondent, requiring compliance with natural justice. SEXUAL HARASSMENT AT WORKPLACE - SCOPE OF INQUIRY UNDER SERVICE RULES - NATURAL JUSTICE - BIAS OF INQUIRY COMMITTEE - MAINTAINABILITY OF WRIT PETITION - Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (P...... read full judgement

2026 LLR WEB 1178 - ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT A public interest litigation raising general allegations without specific pleadings by any affected individual does not warrant a roving enquiry. CONTRACT LABOUR - PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION - MAINTAINABILITY - GENERAL ALLEGATIONS - Andhra Pradesh Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970 - Public interest litigation alleging vi...... read full judgement

2026 LLR WEB 1177 - HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT Burden lies on a workman claiming enhanced compensation to prove the extent of disability through cogent medical evidence. EMPLOYEES COMPENSATION - Permanent total disablement vis-à-vis permanent partial disablement - Burden of proof - Enhancement of compensation - Medical evidence - Sections 2(g), 2(l) and 4 of the...... read full judgement