2026 LLR WEB 917 - CALCUTTA HIGH COURT Where employment, establishment, and all respondents are situated wholly outside the Court's territory, mere prior entertainment of an earlier proceeding does not confer territorial jurisdiction under Article 226 to adjudicate a subsequent claim for provident fund dues. PROVIDENT FUNDS - Territorial jurisdiction - Writ petition - Provident fund dues - Cause of action - Employees' Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act - Petitioner, employed at the ...... read full judgement

2026 LLR WEB 916 - BOMBAY HIGH COURT Clause 32 of the Model Standing Orders is a saving provision and does not confer independent power on the employer to suspend a workman. UNFAIR LABOUR PRACTICE - INDUSTRIAL EMPLOYMENT (STANDING ORDERS) - Suspension - Clause 32, Model Standing Orders - Saving provision - Source of disciplinary power - Departmental enquiry - Jurisdi...... read full judgement

2026 LLR WEB 915 - BOMBAY HIGH COURT Voluntary written admissions of misconduct by a probationer, unshaken in cross-examination, justify termination on loss of confidence without vitiating the action for want of a formal enquiry. UNFAIR LABOUR PRACTICE - Termination of probationer - Admission of misconduct - Loss of confidence - Absence of departmental enquiry - Scope of revisional jurisdiction - Sections 28 and 44 of, an...... read full judgement

2026 LLR WEB 914 - BOMBAY HIGH COURT Termination effected during subsistence of a binding interim order remains unsustainable in law notwithstanding subsequent dismissal of the main complaint on merits. INDUSTRIAL LAW - REFERENCE - Termination - Breach of interim order - Contractual employment - Section 25F and Section 2(oo)(bb) of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 - Maharashtra Recognition of...... read full judgement