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The Allahabad High Court heard an appeal by the claimants seeking enhancement of compensation awarded by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal in a 2014 road accident that killed a 37‑year‑old daily labourer. The Tribunal had fixed the deceased's annual income at Rs.36,000, applied a 1/4 deduction for …
The appellants challenged the award of compensation granted by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal in respect of the death of Smt. Ramvati, a housewife, in a road accident involving the Uttar Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation. The claim was filed under Section 166 of the Motor Vehicles Act for …
The Bombay Shoe‑Shine Workers Co‑Op. Society Ltd., a cooperative society registered under the Maharashtra Co‑operative Societies Act, sought to quash the Central Railway’s 2018 Shoe‑Shine License Policy and to compel the railway to renew its licence without a tender, alleging that the policy …
Jadav Maheshkumar Melabhai, a contractual peon employed by ONGC since April 1994, filed a series of special civil applications seeking a writ of mandamus directing the Union of India and ONGC to regularize his employment and pay salary arrears from April 1995. He alleged that despite performing the …
Jadav Maheshkumar Melabhai, a contractual peon employed by ONGC since April 1994, filed a group of Special Civil Applications seeking a writ of mandamus directing the Union of India and ONGC to regularize his employment and pay salary and allowances on par with regular employees retroactively from …
The appellant, Amar Nath Bharti, appealed against a trial court order granting his wife Rs 10 lakh as permanent alimony following a divorce on the ground of cruelty. The appellant argued that the court failed to properly consider his actual earnings, citing his daily wage of Rs 480 under the Minimum …
The petitioner, a permanent helper employed since 1987, was terminated in 2003 after refusing to resign from a newly formed union. He filed a reference before the Labour Court seeking reinstatement with back wages, but the Court rejected his claim, finding he had not satisfied the 240‑day work …
The petition arose from the hardships faced by a child victim of sexual offence who, despite the provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012 and its 2020 Rules, was not provided with an effective support person. The Court examined the statutory definition, duties …
The respondent, an accountant employed by M/s Reetu Marbles, was terminated on 11 June 1987. The Labour Court held the termination illegal, ordered reinstatement but denied any back wages, noting the respondent failed to prove he was unemployed during the 15‑year gap before the award. The Allahabad …
The case concerned daily‑rated (casual) workers at Marathwada Agricultural University who claimed that, because their qualifications, duties and responsibilities were identical to those of permanent staff, they were entitled to the same wages. The Bombay High Court held that the university was …
The petitioners, a union of daily‑rated gardeners employed by Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd., a government company, sought regularisation, continuance of service and equal pay, alleging that they had worked more than 240 days a year for several years and that artificial breaks were created to deny them …
The deceased, a cleaner employed in a milk‑transport truck, suffered a sudden heart attack and died while alighting from the vehicle. His mother filed a claim under the Workmen's Compensation Act, 1923, alleging the death occurred in the course of employment. The Commissioner allowed the claim …
The appellants, practising advocates, were appointed as part‑time lecturers in a medical college in Tripura on a fixed contractual pay. They filed a writ petition under Article 226 seeking proportionate equal pay for equal work, i.e., the minimum pay scale of regular assistant professors. A single …
The Supreme Court entertained a public‑interest writ petition alleging that numerous Bihar‑owned public sector undertakings had failed to pay salaries for years, leading to starvation deaths and suicides of employees and their families. The petition sought directions for payment of arrears and held …
The petitioners, officers of the sick public sector undertakings Fertilizer Corporation of India (FCI) and Hindustan Fertilizer Corporation (HFC), challenged two Government memoranda that denied pay‑scale revision for employees of units referred to BIFR and that provided no budgetary support for …
The case involved daily‑wage labourers employed by several Maharashtra agricultural universities who claimed permanency, wage scales, and other benefits. An industrial tribunal awarded increased daily wages and certain benefits but denied permanency; the award was not challenged. The universities, …
The Gujarat Agricultural University, a state‑aided institution, employed daily‑wage workers such as plumbers, carpenters and sweepers. The workers claimed regularisation and benefits of permanent Class IV employees after completing ten years of service, invoking Section 10(1)(c) of the Industrial …
The U.P. Madhyamik Shiksha Parishad employed daily wage workers as class‑IV staff for manual tasks during examinations, paying them a daily rate fixed by the District Magistrate under the Minimum Wages Act. The workers filed a writ petition seeking regularisation and equal pay with regular class‑IV …
The Supreme Court entertained a writ petition under Article 32 after a letter complained of bonded labour in stone quarries of Faridabad, Haryana. It appointed commissioners and investigators to examine the working conditions and the implementation of the Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act, 1976 …
