2026 LLR WEB 1277 - JHARKHAND HIGH COURT A judgment adjudicating claims of workmen of an establishment in one State cannot found a writ of mandamus for identical relief without adjudication on facts as to a differently placed establishment in another State. INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES - Regularization - Mandamus against non-State employer - Limited jurisdiction of Labour Commissioner - Res judicata by re-agitation - Article 12 and Article 226 of the Constit...... read full judgement

2026 LLR WEB 1276 - MADRAS HIGH COURT Acquittal in a criminal case does not automatically invalidate findings recorded in a departmental enquiry, since the two proceedings operate in different fields with different standards of proof. INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES - Departmental punishment - Effect of acquittal in criminal case - Scope of interference - Section 11-A of Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 - Workman, a driver, was departmentall...... read full judgement

2026 LLR WEB 1275 - MADRAS HIGH COURT Restoration of an industrial dispute does not lie where the award was passed on merits after affording sufficient opportunity to both parties, and not by way of an ex parte or default order. INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES - Restoration of industrial dispute - Award passed on merits - Effect of subsequent order attaining finality - Scope of interference - Petitioner, whose earlier order conferri...... read full judgement

2026 LLR WEB 1274 - JAMMU & KASHMIR HIGH COURT A promotion dispute raised by employees qualifying as workmen is an industrial dispute triable by the Industrial Tribunal, and a writ petition in respect of it is not maintainable absent exceptional circumstances. INDUSTRIAL DISPUTE - Alternative remedy - Workman - Promotion and grading dispute - Maintainability of writ petition - Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, Sections 2(j), 2(k), 2(s), 7, 7A and 10, Thir...... read full judgement