2026 LLR WEB 863 - DELHI HIGH COURT ESI Card and conciliation record constitute prima facie proof of employer-employee relationship. EMPLOYER-EMPLOYEE RELATIONSHIP - Burden of proof - ESI Card - Conciliation record - Contract labour - Control and supervision - Compensation in lieu of reinstatement - The workman claimed continu...... read full judgement

2026 LLR WEB 862 - DELHI HIGH COURT Section 33C(2) proceedings are execution in nature; disputed entitlement requires adjudication under Section 10. INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES - Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, Section 33C(2) - Maintainability - Pre-existing right - Bilateral wage settlement - Section 18(1) - The petitioner-workman, whose services sto...... read full judgement

2026 LLR WEB 861 - DELHI HIGH COURT Situs of employment and place of termination, not head office location, determine the appropriate Government under the Industrial Disputes Act. INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES - Appropriate Government - Territorial jurisdiction - Situs of employment - Section 2(a) of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 - The workman, claiming termination at the manage...... read full judgement

2026 LLR WEB 860 - DELHI HIGH COURT An employer's inherent power to suspend survives the PoSH Act; constitution of an ad hoc fact-finding committee prior to ICC referral is impermissible. SEXUAL HARASSMENT - POSH Act - Suspension - Ad hoc fact-finding committee - Stigma - Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013, Sections 9, 11, 12,...... read full judgement