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...
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...
Himachal Pradesh High Court in Hoshiar Singh v. State of H.P. & Ors. (CWPOA No. 749 of 2019)on August 12, 2025, held that disciplinary punishment involving civil consequences, such as forfeiture of service benefits, must be based on clear proof of misconduct or dereliction of duty. The case...
