Supreme Court Urges State Govts To Consider Plea Seeking Minimum Wages For Domestic Workers

"We hope and trust that a suitable mechanism will be evolved by the competent authority in each State for the betterment of domestic helps and to prevent their exploitation," the Court observed.

Supreme Court Annual Digest 2025: Labour Laws

Administrative order punishing a delinquent employee - Certain generic principles governing interference with orders of punishment that are passed following inquiry proceedings have evolved over a period of time. Law is well settled that an administrative order punishing a delinquent employee is not ordinarily subject to correction in judicial review because the disciplinary authority...

Only Civil Court Of Original Jurisdiction Can Extend Arbitral Tribunal's Mandate, Not Referral Courts : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Thursday (January 29) held that applications for extending an arbitral tribunal's mandate under Section 29A (4) of the Arbitration & Conciliation Act, 1996 must be filed exclusively before the 'Court' as defined in Section 2(1)(e) i.e., the principal civil court of original jurisdiction, regardless of which authority appointed the arbitrators. A bench of Justices...

Industrial Court Proper Forum To Decide Issues Regarding Contract Labour : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court observed that the Industrial Court established under the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 is the proper forum for adjudication of the dispute concerning the employment and termination of employment of the contract labour. “…the proper forum is the Industrial Court/Court for adjudicating issues concerning the employment and termination of employment of contract...

Supreme Court Sets Aside Kerala HC Order Disqualifying Ex-MLA KM Shaji From Elections For 6 Years

The Court said that only the President and not the High Court could have imposed the disqualification.

Rs 30 Lakhs Compensation For Manual Sewer Cleaning Deaths Before To 'Balram' Judgment If Unpaid : Supreme Court Clarifies

The Court issued the clarification on an application filed by the NALSA.

Supreme Court Daily Round-Up : January 28, 2026

Links to today's reports :'Promotes Discrimination Against General Classes' : Lawyer Seeks Urgent Hearing Of Plea In Supreme Court Against UGC RegulationsManipur Violence| Supreme Court Extends Tenure Of Justice Gita Mittal Committee Till July 2026'Fraud' : Supreme Court On General Candidates Seeking Medical Admission As Buddhist Converts, Asks How Minority Certificates GivenSupreme Court...

Waqf Tribunal Can't Entertain Claims Over Properties Not Specified In 'List Of Auquf' Or Not Registered Under Waqf Act : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Wednesday (January 28) ruled that Waqf Tribunals have jurisdiction only over properties notified in the “list of auqaf” or registered under the Waqf Act, and not over disputes concerning unregistered properties.A bench of Justices Sanjay Kumar and K Vinod Chandran set aside the Telangana High Court's judgment, which affirmed the grant of an injunction by the Waqf...

Supreme Court Annual Digest 2025: BNSS & Cr.P.C

BHARATIYA NAGARIK SURAKSHA SANHITA, 2023, (BNSS) and The CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, 1973, (CrPC) - Supreme Court Annual Digest 2025 Section 2(1)(h). Complaint Section 2(d) Cr.P.C. - Definition of Complaint - Judicial vs. Executive Magistrate - As per Section 2(d) of CrPC, a complaint refers to an allegation submitted orally or in writing to a Magistrate with the intent...

Ex-Contract Workers Must Get Preference When Principal Employer Replaces Contract Labourers With Regular Workmen : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court held that when an employer intends to employ regular workers in place of contract labour, then the employer must give first preference to the erstwhile contract workers. A bench of Justices Pankaj Mithal and SVN Bhatti outlined the modes and methods of re-employment if discontinuation of the labour contract is valid: "a. If the principal employer intends to employ...

Complaint Under S.175(4) BNSS Against Public Servant Must Comply With Conditions Under S.175(3) : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court held that a Magistrate cannot entertain a complaint against a public servant under Section 175(4) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) unless the complainant first complies with Section 175(3), which requires the Magistrate to be satisfied that the complainant has already approached the Superintendent of Police with a written complaint supported by an...

Prior Written Demand Not Necessary For 'Industrial Dispute' To Exist; Apprehended Dispute Can Be Referred : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Tuesday (January 27) observed that a trade union is not obliged to serve a formal “charter of demands” on the management before approaching the Conciliation Officer under the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947. The Court observed that the Industrial Disputes Act is both preventive and remedial in character, and therefore a trade union or a worker is entitled to invoke...