Labour & Service
Service Rendered On Higher Post In Different Spells Must Count For Increment Benefits: HP High Court
The Himachal Pradesh High Court held that a government employee who officiated on a higher post in different spells cannot be denied increment benefits under Fundamental Rule 26 merely because the service was not continuous. The Court observed that once the State had granted salary benefits for the period spent on the higher post, the same duration was also required to be counted for...
Case Pending For Offence Committed As Juvenile Doesn't Disqualify Person From Govt Job As Adult: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has held that conviction as juvenile or a case pending for an offence committed as juvenile does not disqualify the delinquent from applying for job as an adult. It held that denying right to earn livelihood during pendency of criminal cases would have far reaching consequences for the person which cannot be compensated. Referring to Section 19 of the Juvenile...
Compassionate Appointment For Kin Of Permanently Disabled Employees Applicable Even If Accident Predated Rules: Rajasthan High Court
The Rajasthan High Court has held that date of accident has no relevance while considering application for compassionate appointment under Rajasthan Compassionate Appointment of Dependents of Permanent Total Disabled Government Servants Rules, 2023, if on the date of enforcement of the Rules, the condition of permanent total disability existed. The bench of Justice Anand Sharma observed that...
How India's Labour Laws Fail To Protect Workers Behind AI Content Moderation
India's moderators power global AI giants and pay for it with their mental health, which the law has yet to catch up.Every time an artificial intelligence (AI) system declines to generate violent content or correctly identifies a graphic image, it is doing so because a human being taught it to. That human is often a young woman in a small town in Jharkhand or Uttar Pradesh, working from a bedroom or a verandah, reviewing hundreds of disturbing videos and images a day for a contractor she will...
'Adverse Entry In Record Of Govt Employee Not Penalty, Does Not Require Issuing Showcause Notice': Uttarakhand High Court
The Uttarakhand High Court has held that an adverse entry or special adverse entry recorded against a government servant is not a penalty under the Government Servant (Discipline and Appeal) Rules and therefore does not require issuance of a show cause notice before being recorded. The Court observed that an adverse entry is based on an assessment of the work and conduct of a government...
Labour, Legality And Illusion Of Equality
The Law of Dispensability“We're prisoners of war,” Chacko said. “Our dreams have been doctored. We belong nowhere. We sail unanchored on troubled seas. We may never be allowed ashore. Our sorrows will never be sad enough. Our joys never happy enough. Our dreams never big enough. Our lives never important enough. To matter.”— Arundhati Roy, The God of Small ThingsWhen daily wage workers in Noida poured into the streets in the second week of April 2026, torching vehicles, blocking NH-9, drawing...
Regularisation Cannot Be Denied Solely Because Initial Appointment Was Not Against Sanctioned Post: Supreme Court
In a major development, the Supreme Court on Thursday (May 21) held that the mere fact that workers were initially appointed on a temporary basis and not against sanctioned posts would not, by itself, disentitle them from seeking regularisation under the principles laid down in State of Karnataka v. Uma Devi. The Court observed that where employees have rendered continuous service for...
Law Clerk With HC Entitled To Advocate Enrolment, But Licence Remains Suspended During Engagement: Jharkhand High Court
The Jharkhand High Court has directed the Jharkhand State Bar Council to issue an enrolment certificate to a law graduate who was denied enrolment after joining as a Law Researcher/Research Associate in the High Court, while clarifying that her licence would remain suspended during the period of such engagement.A Single Judge Bench of Justice Ananda Sen was hearing a writ petition filed by...
Patna HC Quashes ₹22 Lakh Recovery From Retd University Employee, Says Pay Scale Cannot Be Reduced 12 Years After Retirement Without Notice
The Patna High Court has quashed a pay verification certificate reducing the pay scale of a retired university employee and directing recovery of over Rs. 22 lakh from his retiral dues, holding that such action could not be taken 12 years after retirement without notice or opportunity of hearing. A Single Judge Bench of Justice Ritesh Kumar was hearing a writ petition filed by a retired...
Updated OBC-NCL Certificate Can Be Submitted After Cut-Off Date In Central University Recruitment: Tripura High Court
The Tripura High Court has held that an OBC-NCL certificate is merely proof of an existing social status and not an acquired qualification, observing that candidates applying to Central Universities may submit updated OBC-NCL certificates even after the application cut-off date. The Court upheld the appointment of an Associate Professor in Tripura University, ruling that Government of...
Orissa High Court Grants Relief To 90-Year-Old Deprived Of Retiral Benefits Due To Disciplinary Proceedings Pending Since 1994
The Orissa High Court has held that retiral benefits of a delinquent employee cannot be withheld indefinitely for no fault on his part, which can only be attributed to the disciplinary authority.While quashing a 32-year-old disciplinary proceeding against 90-year-old retired employee, a Bench of Justice Biraja Prasanna Satapathy held–“The petitioner though filed his reply on 22.05.2001...