• Management cannot approach writ court for restraining workmen from causing wrongful loss during agitation without any evidence.
  • Continuous service exceeding 240 days entitles workman to regularisation under Tamil Nadu Permanent Status Act and settlement under ID Act cannot override statutory benefit.
  • Employer has a right to withhold the gratuity during the pendency of the disciplinary proceedings.
  • Writ challenging recovery of PF dues post resolution plan approval not maintainable when statutory remedy lies under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016.
  • It is the duty of the vehicle owner to pay accident compensation as soon as personal injury was caused to the workman.
  • A settlement entered into between the management and the individual workman shall be termed as illegal and shall be ignored, if the industrial dispute relating to nonemployment was collectively raised.
  • The employer does not have the final say in forfeiture of gratuity as it is subject to adjudication by the competent authority.
  • Employee cannot appoint a lawyer as his defence representative merely because the Enquiry Officer is a lawyer.
  • Proviso to section 11A of the I.D. Act does not take away the right of the workman to adduce evidence on the grounds of bias or victimization.
  • Management would be liable to reinstate worker when it was not able to prove that the worker was employed through a contract and later rehired him as a daily wage worker.
  • Plantations are not required to provide special medical treatment to their workers.
  • Reliefs under the Industrial Disputes Act cannot be claimed from a civil court by filing suit.
  • A person joining a private institution cannot claim his tenure as a matter of right.