2026 LLR WEB 1122 - KARNATAKA HIGH COURT Withholding of best evidence like CCTV footage and entry registers, coupled with absence of corroboration beyond the sole complainant's testimony, entitles the Court to draw an adverse inference and set aside a finding of misconduct as perverse. LABOUR AND INDUSTRIAL LAW - Domestic enquiry - Finding of misconduct - Adverse inference for non-production of evidence - Preponderance of probabilities - Perversity - Proportionality of punishme...... read full judgement

2026 LLR WEB 1121 - KARNATAKA HIGH COURT Where the appropriate Government reverses its earlier decision declining reference of an industrial dispute, it must assign reasons for departing from the earlier order, failing which the fresh reference is liable to be set aside. LABOUR AND INDUSTRIAL LAW - Reference of industrial dispute - Reasoned order - Change of earlier decision - Articles 226 and 227, Constitution of India - Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 - The appro...... read full judgement

2026 LLR WEB 1120 - GAUHATI HIGH COURT Rival claims to office and affiliation of a registered Trade Union raise a triable issue to be resolved in a civil suit, and cannot be conclusively decided at the interlocutory stage of an injunction. TRADE UNIONS - Trade Unions Act, 1926 - Rival claims to union office and affiliation - Registered Trade Union - Temporary injunction - Supervisory jurisdiction - Article 227, Constitution of Indi...... read full judgement

2026 LLR WEB 1119 - DELHI HIGH COURT Death of an employee due to strain of continuous driving, even from a pre-existing condition, constitutes an accident arising out of and in the course of employment under the Employee's Compensation Act. EMPLOYEE'S COMPENSATION - Employee's Compensation Act, 1923 - Accident arising out of and in course of employment - Insurer's liability to indemnify - Dependant dying during pendency ...... read full judgement