2026 LLR WEB 937 - DELHI HIGH COURT Break in service arising from a workman's own failure to challenge the date of reinstatement disentitles him to regularisation and does not amount to hostile discrimination. INDUSTRIAL ADJUDICATION - REGULARISATION - Daily wager/muster roll employee - Break in service - Reinstatement from date later than date of termination - Unchallenged award - Hostile discriminati...... read full judgement

2026 LLR WEB 936 - DELHI HIGH COURT Failure to place cogent prima facie material establishing employer-employee relationship is fatal to a workman's claim of illegal termination. INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES - Employer-Employee Relationship - Burden of Proof - Prima Facie Material - Illegal Termination - Scope of Judicial Review - Article 226 of the Constitution of India - Industr...... read full judgement

2026 LLR WEB 935 - DELHI HIGH COURT Labour Court cannot interfere with an Enquiry Officer's findings under Section 11A without first deciding as a preliminary issue whether the enquiry violated natural justice. INDUSTRIAL DISPUTE - Departmental enquiry - Scope of interference by Labour Court - Preliminary issue - Section 11A of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 - Delay and laches - Head Cashier - Charge...... read full judgement

2026 LLR WEB 934 - DELHI HIGH COURT Termination of service need not be evidenced by a formal written order; a refusal to permit resumption of duty can itself constitute termination in law. LABOUR AND INDUSTRIAL LAWS - Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, Sections 2(k), 2A, 2(oo), 25F - Articles 226/227 of the Constitution - Maintainability - Delay and laches - Termination without formal ...... read full judgement