Digest of Labour Cases - Case Law Finder (34 Year's Digest)

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Description

It is trite to say that Labour and Employment Laws are sui generis in the area of legal practice; being majorly judge-made they perfectly embody the adage of 'change is the only constant. The fitful nature of the functioning of industries and employer-employee relations over the decades has indeed been reflected in the mindset of judges and inter alia in the kind of judgments pronounced by them. In the initial years of industrial adjudication, it was not uncommon to see every other workman being awarded reinstatement with full back wages over the non-compliance with the provisions of section 25F of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 by the management. However, with the passage of time, it has been seen that judges now prefer to award compensation instead of reinstatement with back wages. It certainly shows that the trend has indeed changed.
This is further accentuated by the fact that earlier while the presence/absence of Mens RealActus Reus used to be a significant factor in determining the liability of employers under section 14B of the Employees' Provident Funds & Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952 today, by virtue of the judgment of Horticulture Experiment Station Gonikoppal, Coorg v. The RPFC, 2022 LLR 698, the former has been rendered a mere speck of dust in PF adjudication. This digest aims to track and consolidate within the precincts of its covers this very wavering history of industrial jurisprudence.
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Table of Contents

1. Abandonment & Absence
2. Apprentices Act, 1961
3. Back Wages
4. Change Of Date Of Birth
5. Charge-Sheet
6. Conditions Of Service, Etc.
7. Constitution Of India
8. Continuous Service
9. Contract Labour (Regulation And Abolition) Act, 1970
10. Demonstration - Staging Of
11. Dismissal Of A Workman
12. Employees' Compensation Act, 1923
13. Employees' Provident Funds And Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952
14. Employees' State Insurance Act, 1948
15. Enquiry
16. Factories Act, 1948
17. Industrial Adjudication
18. Industrial Disputes Act, 1947
19. Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act, 1946 & Conditions Of Service
20. Jurisdiction Of Civil Court
21. Leave
22. Loss Of Confidence
23. Maternity Benefit Act, 191
24. Misconduct
25. Overtime
26. Payment Of Bonus Act, 1965
27. Payment Of Gratuity Act, 1972
28. Payment Of Wages Act
29. Police Protection
30. Probationer
31. Punishment
32. Reinstatement
33. Resignation
34. Sexual Harassment Of Women At Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition And Redressal) Act, 2013
35. Suspension Of An Employee & Allowance
36. Termination Of Service Of An Employee
37. Trade Unions Act, 1926
38. Transfer Of An Employee
39. Voluntary Retirement Scheme
40. Wages
41. Miscellaneous
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Author Details
H.L. Kumar Advocate, Supreme Court of India Chief Editor, Labour Law Reporter
Gaurav Kumar MBA, LL.M., Advocate