2026 LLR WEB 829 - CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT Daily-wage employees not appointed against sanctioned posts through advertisement have no right to regularisation. REGULARISATION - Daily-wage employees - Sanctioned vacant post - Advertisement - Interview - State Circular - Length of service - Equal pay for equal work - Petitioners, daily-wage employees work...... read full judgement

2026 LLR WEB 828 - CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT Appellate Authority under Payment of Gratuity Act cannot pass an order more adverse to the appellant than the order under appeal. PAYMENT OF GRATUITY - Interest - Appellate Authority - Scope of appellate power - Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972 - Employee retired on superannuation with departmental inquiries pending; gratuity ...... read full judgement

2026 LLR WEB 827 - CALCUTTA HIGH COURT Conciliation Officer cannot compel Chairman of principal employer to appear; writ court cannot pre-empt conciliation by relying on out-of-context communications. INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES - Conciliation - Role of Conciliation Officer - Compulsion to appear - Principal employer - Bonus - Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 - Dispute raised by contract workmen regardin...... read full judgement

2026 LLR WEB 826 - CALCUTTA HIGH COURT Where delay in gratuity payment is partly attributable to misconduct proceedings against workman, interest at 6% per annum is appropriate. PAYMENT OF GRATUITY - Rate of interest on delayed gratuity - Misconduct proceedings - Parity with co-ordinate bench - Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972 - Workman received maximum gratuity but Appella...... read full judgement