2026 LLR WEB 1057 - MADRAS HIGH COURT Order determining provident fund dues under Section 7A cannot be assailed by writ petition without exhausting the statutory appellate remedy. PROVIDENT FUND - Maintainability of writ petition - Alternative statutory remedy - Employees' Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952, Section 7A - An employer aggrieved by an ...... read full judgement

2026 LLR WEB 1056 - MADRAS HIGH COURT Provident Fund authority is obligated to conduct an enquiry under Section 7A on a representation alleging misallocation of provident fund dues. PROVIDENT FUND - Pension - Enquiry into misallocation of dues - Employees' Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952, Section 7A - Petitioner is a superannuated employee whose pr...... read full judgement

2026 LLR WEB 1055 - MADRAS HIGH COURT Maternity leave availed during a service bond period counts as service and does not extend the bond. MATERNITY LEAVE - Bond period - Constitutional right - Stipend during leave - Maternity Benefit Act, 1961 - Constitution of India, Article 21 - A writ petition by Post Graduate Doctors serving a ...... read full judgement

2026 LLR WEB 1054 - KARNATAKA HIGH COURT A writ petition is not maintainable where an alternative statutory remedy exists and conciliation has failed. INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES - Alternative remedy - Maintainability of writ petition - Conciliation - Reference to tribunal - Transitional jurisdiction on repeal of enactment - Industrial Relations Code, ...... read full judgement