Dr. Israel Inbaraj.F has joined Quess Corp Limited as Senior Vice President. Confirming this development through a social media post, Israel said, “After a fulfilling stint at Adani Group, I have joined Quess Corp Ltd – Bangalore as ‘Senior Vice President & Chief Compliance...
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Past Misconduct Can Be Cited to Add Weight to Dismissal Order Even if Not in Show-Cause Notice: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court of India, in a significant ruling on service law, has held that a disciplinary authority can refer to an employee’s past misconduct while imposing a penalty, even if it was not mentioned in the show-cause notice, provided the penalty is primarily based on the current proved charge...
Shoppers Stop has announced the appointment of Nabamita Banerjee as Customer Care Associate & Chief Human Resource Officer, effective September 01, 2025. The Company has communicated this appointment in senior management to SEBI. Prior to this appointment, Nabamita was associated with Starbucks...
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Motor Vehicle Not Used Or Kept For Use In “Public Place”, No motor vehicle tax is payable: Supreme Court
Supreme Court, While upholding an order directing the refund of taxes paid under protest, the Supreme Court has in the case of M/s. Tarachand Logistic Solutions Limited v. State of Andhra Pradesh (Neutral Citation: 2025 INSC 1052) held that if a motor vehicle is not used in a ‘public place’ or not...
HT Media Group has entrusted the additional responsibility of taking care of Group IT Function also to its Group CHRO, Paras Kaushik. Paras has been with the group for more than five years leading people strategy across six diverse verticals-Print, Digit, Radio and Audio,Shine.com, Mosaic Digital...
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Chandigarh Exempts Certain Shops and Commercial Establishments for working hours and women working in night shift
On August 14, 2025, the Labour and Employment Department of Union Territory (“UT”) of Chandigarh exempted all establishments based in UT of Chandigarh from Sections 9 (opening and closing hours), 10(1) (closing of establishment on Sunday) and 30 (prohibition of employment of women in night shifts)...
Government of Karnataka on August 12, 2025introduced the Karnataka Platform-Based Gig Workers (Social Security and Welfare) Bill, 2025 (“Karnataka Platform-Based Gig Workers Bill”), repealing the Karnataka Platform Based Gig Workers (Social Security and Welfare) Ordinance, 2025. If...
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Dismissal justified for obtaining employment on fake educational certificates: Karnataka HC
Karnataka High Court in Malurappa v. Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (Writ Appeal No. 1222 of 2024) upheld the dismissal of an employee who had secured employment by producing a forged educational certificate. The employee had been appointed in 1988 by furnishing a forged Transfer...
Himachal Pradesh High Court in Dr. Daljit Singh v. State of H.P. & Ors. (CWP No. 3374 of 2024) rejected the employer’s contention that employees, who were originally recruited as regular employees, cannot derive the benefits of enhanced retirement age, which was provided only to persons...
Jharkhand High Court in Pramod Kumar Sinha v. Chairman, Coal India Ltd. & Ors. (W.P.(S) No. 4411 of 2020 and W.P.(S) No. 1595 of 2021) held that premature retirement on disputed records during the pendency of an enquiry without due process amounts to misconduct by the enquiry officers as it...
