Working Journalists and Other Newspaper Employees (Conditions of Service) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1955

S. Ghosh, a journalist employed at the Calcutta branch of Bennett Coleman & Co., applied to the West Bengal Government under section 17(1) of the Working Journalists and Other Newspaper Employees (Conditions of Service) Act, 1955 for recovery of unpaid wages. After conciliation failed, the West Bengal Government referr…

The Indian Express Newspapers and other newspaper establishments challenged two 1989 government orders that gave effect to the Bachawat Wage Board's recommendations fixing wage scales, grades, house rent and city compensatory allowances under the Working Journalists and Other Newspaper Employees (Conditions of Service)…

The appellant, an Assistant Editor of a newspaper publishing company, was dismissed after a disciplinary inquiry that found him guilty of misconduct. He subsequently claimed gratuity under the Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972, but the employer denied it, invoking the Working Journalists and Other Newspaper Employees (Cond…

The Supreme Court examined a large group of contempt petitions filed by newspaper establishments alleging that they had failed to implement the Majithia Wage Board Award, which had been upheld by the Court in a 2014 judgment. The petitioners claimed wilful disobedience of the award, seeking civil contempt under Section…

The petitioners, a consortium of newspaper management firms, challenged the constitutionality of the Working Journalists and Other Newspaper Employees (Conditions of Service) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1955 and its 1974 amendment, alleging violations of Articles 14, 19(1)(a) and 19(1)(g) of the Constitution, as …

All India Reporter Ltd publishes several law reports and argued that these publications are not "newspapers" within the meaning of the Working Journalists and other Newspaper Employees (Conditions of Service) Act, 1955, and therefore its employees were not entitled to the wage benefits ordered by the Palekar Tribunal. …

Awaz Prakashan Private Ltd closed its newspaper and retrenched reporter P.K. Pujari on 1 July 1989. The reporter claimed the retrenchment violated the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 and obtained a Labour Court award for reinstatement with back wages. The employer later challenged the award, arguing that the Working Jour…