2026 LLR WEB 1238 - DELHI HIGH COURT Cessation of service on expiry of a fixed-term contract is excluded from retrenchment absent mala fides. INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES - Workman - Retrenchment - Fixed-term contract - 240 days' continuous service - Sections 2(s), 2(oo)(bb), 25B and 25F of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 - Writ petition ...... read full judgement

2026 LLR WEB 1237 - BOMBAY HIGH COURT Delay of long years in raising demand for reinstatement renders an industrial dispute stale and unfit for reference or adjudication. INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES - DELAY IN RAISING REFERENCE - STALE DISPUTE - REGULARISATION SCHEME CUT-OFF DATE - Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, Sections 10 and 25(H); Industrial Disputes (Bombay) Rules, 1...... read full judgement

2026 LLR WEB 1236 - DELHI HIGH COURT Writ court do not have jurisdiction to decide a lis as to whether the petitioners fall within the definition of a "worker" under Section 2(zr) of the Industrial Relations Code, 2020. INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS CODE, 2020 - Sections 2(zr), 2(q), 53 - REGULARISATION - Contractual employees - Scope of -Petitioners were Customer Relationship Executives on a contractual basis with State...... read full judgement

2026 LLR WEB 1235 - PUNJAB & HARYANA HIGH COURT Reinstatement with back wages is not automatic upon a finding of illegal termination of a daily wage or part-time worker, and compensation in lieu thereof may meet the ends of justice. INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES - Part-time worker - Reinstatement not automatic - Lump-sum compensation in lieu of reinstatement - Scope of supervisory jurisdiction under Articles 226/227 - Industrial Dispu...... read full judgement