2026 LLR WEB 1415 - MADRAS HIGH COURT
Domestic enquiry findings are not interfered with in writ jurisdiction unless perverse or based on no evidence.
INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES - DISMISSAL FOR MISCONDUCT - DOMESTIC ENQUIRY - PRINCIPLES OF NATURAL JUSTICE - OPPORTUNITY TO CROSS-EXAMINE - CONCURRENT FINDINGS - PERVERSITY - NON-EXAMINATION OF OWNERS OF ...... read full judgement
2026 LLR WEB 1414 - KARNATAKA HIGH COURT
Where a workman's own default occasions dismissal later set aside on appeal, no work no pay applies to back wages.
INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES - MISCONDUCT - PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENT NOT PERTAINING TO WORKMAN - DOMESTIC ENQUIRY FINDING - PENALTY MODIFIED IN APPEAL - BACK WAGES - NO WORK NO PAY - CUMULATIVE WITHHOLDING ...... read full judgement
2026 LLR WEB 1413 - DELHI HIGH COURT
A liberty to raise a fresh industrial dispute on undecided issues does not reopen findings that have attained finality.
RETRENCHMENT -FRESH INDUSTRIAL DISPUTE -FINALITY OF FINDINGS -240 DAYS CONTINUOUS SERVICE -RE-EMPLOYMENT -SELECTION PROCESS -INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES ACT, 1947, Sections 25B, 25F, 25G and 25H -A daily...... read full judgement
2026 LLR WEB 1412 - CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT
Reliefs not claimed in the original industrial dispute cannot be raised in later proceedings, being barred by res judicata; costs on a bona fide claim are harsh.
INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES - RES JUDICATA - CONSEQUENTIAL RELIEFS - SENIORITY - DIFFERENTIAL WAGES - HIGHER POST - BURDEN OF PROOF - COSTS - An erstwhile daily-wage workman, reinstated with back-wages u...... read full judgement