2026 LLR WEB 1316 - CALCUTTA HIGH COURT Gratuity may be forfeited where an employee's offence involving moral turpitude is committed in the course of employment. PAYMENT OF GRATUITY - FORFEITURE OF GRATUITY - OFFENCE INVOLVING MORAL TURPITUDE - BRIBERY - SUPERANNUATION - PENDING DISCIPLINARY AND CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS - JURISDICTION OF CONTROLLING AND APPEL...... read full judgement

2026 LLR WEB 1315 - CALCUTTA HIGH COURT A statutory authority cannot disregard a binding Supreme Court ruling, and basic wage is determined by the statutory definition alone. PROVIDENT FUND - BASIC WAGE - ALLOWANCES - SPLITTING OF WAGES - INQUIRY INTO DETERMINATION OF DUES - MAINTAINABILITY - BINDING EFFECT OF SUPREME COURT DECISION - Employees' Provident Funds an...... read full judgement

2026 LLR WEB 1314 - BOMBAY HIGH COURT Claim of absorption requires proof of employer-employee relationship; work at premises, identity cards or interim continuation do not establish it. INDUSTRIAL DISPUTE - CLAIM OF REINSTATEMENT AND ABSORPTION - EMPLOYER-EMPLOYEE RELATIONSHIP - BURDEN OF PROOF - ADVERSE INFERENCE - CONTROL AND PAYMENT TEST - PARITY WITH ABSORBED PERSONS - CONTI...... read full judgement

2026 LLR WEB 1313 - BOMBAY HIGH COURT Claim of direct employment against principal employer requires impleading the contractor and pleading and proving the contract as sham. CONTRACT LABOUR - Sham contract - Direct employment - Permanency - Reinstatement - Lock-out - Impleadment of contractor - Pleadings - Burden - Industrial Tribunal - Reference - Contract Labour (R...... read full judgement