2026 LLR WEB 889 - CALCUTTA HIGH COURT Certificate Officer executing a gratuity recovery certificate under the Bengal Public Demands Recovery Act, 1913 acts solely as an executing forum and cannot entertain objections or revisit the order of the Controlling Authority under the Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972. PAYMENT OF GRATUITY - Recovery certificate - Certificate Officer - Scope of jurisdiction - Section 14 of the Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972 - Section 9 and Section 14 of the Bengal Public Demands ...... read full judgement

2026 LLR WEB 888 - CALCUTTA HIGH COURT Disciplinary proceedings initiated two days before superannuation on charges of collective institutional decision-making, without proof of mala fide intent or personal gain, vitiate the fairness of the process. PAYMENT OF GRATUITY - Recovery certificate - Certificate Officer - Scope of jurisdiction - Section 14 of the Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972 - Section 9 and Section 14 of the Bengal Public Demands ...... read full judgement

2026 LLR WEB 887 - CALCUTTA HIGH COURT Subsequent cancellation of a trade union's registration does not extinguish a validly referred industrial dispute, though the deregistered union loses its right to participate further in tribunal proceedings. INDUSTRIAL DISPUTE - Trade union - Cancellation of registration - Section 2(qq) and Section 36 of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 - Trade Unions Act, 1926 - Registered trade union - Deregistrat...... read full judgement

2026 LLR WEB 886 - HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT Wages run from the date of award, not date of re-engagement, where employer withholds implementation without a stay. INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES - Section 33-C(2) - Reinstatement award - Non-implementation - Wages from date of award - No work no pay - Stay of award - Section 17-B - Workman's retrenchment was set as...... read full judgement