2026 LLR WEB 943 - CALCUTTA HIGH COURT Selective denial of trade union facilities to a de-recognised union, while extending identical facilities to another similarly de-recognised union, is discriminatory and vitiated by bias. LABOUR AND INDUSTRIAL LAW - Trade union - De-recognition - Withdrawal of correspondence facilities - Discriminatory treatment between similarly placed de-recognised unions - Bias - Violation of p...... read full judgement

2026 LLR WEB 942 - BOMBAY HIGH COURT Under Section 21 of the Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970, primary liability for payment of wages rests on the contractor, and that of the principal employer is only secondary, arising upon default. CONTRACT LABOUR - Responsibility for payment of wages - Contractor's primary liability - Principal employer's secondary liability - Minimum wages - Differential wages - Unfair labour prac...... read full judgement

2026 LLR WEB 941 - BOMBAY HIGH COURT Termination effected in breach of a subsisting interim order of the Industrial Court is unsustainable in law, irrespective of the contractual nomenclature of the appointment. LABOUR AND INDUSTRIAL LAW - Contractual/temporary employment - Interim order of Industrial Court - Breach of interim protection - Termination during subsistence of interim order - Distinction bet...... read full judgement

2026 LLR WEB 940 - ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT Writ court relegates challenge to EPF recovery order to statutory appeal, subject to deposit of half the demanded amount and interim protection against coercive recovery. LABOUR AND INDUSTRIAL LAW - Employees' Provident Fund - Recovery of contributions and administrative charges - Section 7A of the EPF and MP Act, 1952 - Statutory appeal under Section 7-I - Co...... read full judgement