2026 LLR WEB 1177 - HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT Burden lies on a workman claiming enhanced compensation to prove the extent of disability through cogent medical evidence. EMPLOYEES COMPENSATION - Permanent total disablement vis-à-vis permanent partial disablement - Burden of proof - Enhancement of compensation - Medical evidence - Sections 2(g), 2(l) and 4 of the...... read full judgement

2026 LLR WEB 1176 - PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT Penalty under Section 26 of the POSH Act, 2013 for failure to constitute an Internal Committee requires an intentional lapse or mala fide inaction, not a mere delay in re-constitution. SEXUAL HARASSMENT AT WORKPLACE - CONSTITUTION OF ICC - PENALTY FOR DELAYED RE-CONSTITUTION - Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013, Sections 4 ...... read full judgement

2026 LLR WEB 1175 - CALCUTTA HIGH COURT An assessment order under Sections 14B and 7Q suffering from an internal discrepancy between the recorded assessment period and the computation itself is liable to be set aside. PROVIDENT FUND - DAMAGES AND INTEREST FOR BELATED REMITTANCE - DISCREPANCY IN ASSESSMENT PERIOD - SETTING ASIDE WITH LIBERTY TO PASS FRESH ORDER - Employees' Provident Funds and Miscellaneous...... read full judgement

2026 LLR WEB 1174 - CALCUTTA HIGH COURT A camouflaged contract labour arrangement does not divest the principal employer of its true status as employer. CONTRACT LABOUR - SHAM CONTRACT ARRANGEMENT - REGULARISATION - STATUTORY SERVICE BENEFITS - Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970, S. 21 - Writ petition by a public sector steel ma...... read full judgement