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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...
Bar Association Not 'Employer', Can't Constitute Internal Complaints Committee As Per POSH Act: Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court recently held that the constitution of an Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) by the Kollam Bar Association was against the objective and requirement of the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 [POSH Act].Justice P.M. Manoj reasoned that a bar association is not an 'employer' within the meaning of the Act and...
Did Sonam Wangchuk Say Ladakh People Won't Help Army? Asks Supreme Court; Sibal Denies
The Supreme Court today(January 29) passed an order allowing Ladakh social activist Sonam Wangchuk to get examined by a specialist from a government hospital after he complained of frequent stomach aches. The Court has asked that a report of his medical examination be filed on or before Monday.The order was passed by a bench comprising Justice Aravind Kumar and Justice PB Varale in a...
Supreme Court Paid Rs 40,000 To Agency, Workers Got Only Rs 19K; Service Agencies Biggest Exploiters: CJI Surya Kant
The Chief Justice of India, Justice Surya Kant, on Thursday strongly criticised service provider agencies for exploiting domestic workers, revealing that even the Supreme Court had paid Rs 40,000 per worker to an agency, the workers themselves received only Rs 19,000.“I have personally and officially seen this. The Supreme Court paid to an agency for hiring a particular set of...
'Mere Installation Of CCTVs In Police Stations Not Enough, They Should Also Work Properly': Supreme Court In Suo Motu Case
In the suo-motu case taken up over lack of functional CCTV cameras in police stations across Rajasthan, Justice Vikram Nath of the Supreme Court said that mere installation of CCTVs is not enough - the same should also work perfectly.During the hearing, the Rajasthan government also apprised the Court that an additional budget of Rs.75 crores was sanctioned yesterday and each police station...
Kerala High Court Directs Devaswom Board To Expedite Construction Of Biogas Plant & Gas Cylinder Storage Plant In Sabarimala
The Kerala High Court on Wednesday (January 28) directed the Travancore Devaswom Board and the State government to take steps to expedite the construction of a biogas plant and a storage plant for gas cylinders in Sabarimala.The Division Bench comprising Justice Raja Vijayaraghavan V. and Justice K.V. Jayakumar passed the order while considering a suo motu petition based on the...
HNLU Centre For Law And Indigenous Studies Launches 'Koitur: People Of Nature' Magazine
The Centre for Law and Indigenous Studies, Hidayatullah National Law University (HNLU), Raipur, released the first volume of Koitur: People of Nature, an annual magazine that examines Indigenous life and culture through interdisciplinary and legal perspectives.The magazine was released by Justice S. Ravindra Bhat, Former Judge of the Supreme Court of India and Member of the General Council, HNLU on 26th January during the 5th Dr Ambedkar Memorial Lecture.Conceived within a premier law school,...
Rajiv Gandhi School of Intellectual Property Law , IIT Kharagpur To Organise MCIP 6.0 On Interdisciplinary Dimensions Of Intellectual Property
The Rajiv Gandhi School of Intellectual Property Law (RGSOIPL), Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur, is set to organize the 6th Edition of the Masters Conference on Intellectual Property (MCIP 6.0) on 14th and 15th March 2026. MCIP is a flagship academic initiative of RGSOIPL that has, over the years, emerged as a premier platform for scholarly engagement, research dissemination and interdisciplinary dialogue in the field of Intellectual Property Law, both at the national and...
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...
NLIU Bhopal Announces XIV International Mediation Tournament, 2026 – Mediation Plan Submission Stage Opens
The Centre for Alternative Dispute Resolution (CADR), National Law Institute University (NLIU), Bhopal, invites law students from across India and abroad to participate in the Mediation Plan Submission Stage of the XIV NLIU International Mediation Tournament (NLIU-IMT) 2026.About NLIU and CADREstablished in 1997, NLIU Bhopal is among India's premier national law universities. With the Chief Justice of Madhya Pradesh as its Chancellor, the university maintains strong institutional linkages with...