2026 LLR WEB 1302 - DELHI HIGH COURT Reinstatement with back wages is not the automatic consequence of illegal termination of a daily-wage or ad hoc workman, and monetary compensation in lieu of reinstatement can meet the ends of justice. INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES - Illegal termination - Reinstatement versus compensation - Ad hoc employment - 240 days - Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, Section 25F - Appellant, an ad hoc Laboratory Attenda...... read full judgement

2026 LLR WEB 1301 - JHARKHAND HIGH COURT Consent for representation by a legal practitioner before a Labour Court or Tribunal under the Industrial Disputes Act may be implied from conduct. INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES - Representation by legal practitioner - Consent and leave - Section 36 of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 - Writ petition by a workmen's union challenging rejection of ...... read full judgement

2026 LLR WEB 1300 - MADRAS HIGH COURT A claim seeking continuity of service beyond an unchallenged superannuation, unaccompanied by any allegation of dismissal, discharge, retrenchment or termination, does not constitute an industrial dispute under Section 2-A of the Industrial Disputes Act. INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES - Maintainability under section 2-A - Superannuation accepted without protest - Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, Section 2-A(2) - Respondent-employee, having been informed by re...... read full judgement

2026 LLR WEB 1299 - MADRAS HIGH COURT A Labour Court exercising jurisdiction under Section 11-A cannot interfere with a punishment unless it is found to be wholly disproportionate or arbitrary to the proved misconduct. INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES - Scope of Section 11-A - Proportionality of punishment - Effect of acquittal in criminal case - Delay in raising dispute - Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, Section 11-A - Petit...... read full judgement