2026 LLR WEB 879 - KOLKATA HIGH COURT Section 7(3A) of the Payment of Gratuity Act confers no discretion on the controlling authority to refuse interest on delayed gratuity payment. GRATUITY - Delayed payment - Interest - Mandatory nature - Section 7(3A) of the Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972 - S.O. 874(E) - The petitioner, a superannuated employee of FCI, was paid gratuity af...... read full judgement

2026 LLR WEB 878 - HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT Failure to prove employer-employee relationship is fatal to an industrial dispute claim INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES - Employer-employee relationship - Burden of proof - Daily wage worker - Independent contractor - Outsourcing - Section 25-F, 25-G and 25-H of the Industrial Disputes Act, 194...... read full judgement

2026 LLR WEB 877 - HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT Employer's deliberate non-implementation of an unstayed reinstatement award entitles workman to full wages from date of award. INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES - Section 33-C(2) - Reinstatement award - Non-implementation - Wages from date of award - No work no pay - Forced unemployment - Doctrine of merger - Section 17-B - Retrenchme...... read full judgement

2026 LLR WEB 876 - HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT A part-time worker paid through government funds and working under direct control of a government official is a workman under the Industrial Disputes Act. INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES - Section 25-F - Part-time worker - Workman - Employer-employee relationship - Rogi Kalyan Samiti - Control Test - Termination - Reinstatement - Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 ...... read full judgement