labour service law

The Supreme Court has observed that an employee cannot claim revised pay scales as a matter of right as it is for the authorities to decide whether to implement the revised pay scales or not. "The question as to whether the scale of pay would be revised or not is a matter of policy decision for the State. No legal right exists in a person to get a revised scale of pay implemented,” a bench of..

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday said that it is the prerogative of the government to implement revised pay scale for employees. There is no legal right vested in employees to claim implementation of revised pay scale, the apex court said. “The question as to whether the scale of pay would be revised or not is a matter of policy decision for the state. No legal right exists in a person to..

SC tells courts not to entertain time barred petitions The Supreme Court has directed the courts across the country not to entertain petitions based on belated representation by an employee against their removal from service, as these representations are being used as a device to overcome the bar of limitation. A bench comprising Justices R V Raveendran and Lokeshwar Singh Panta, dismissed t..

An employee cannot remain silent for a decade and then cry foul over denial of promotion, the Supreme Court has said while advising courts to reject delayed claims for equity in service matters. The apex court said that granting relief in such cases would seriously jeopardise the chances and seniority of other employees who are in the reckoning in the normal course. "The appellants slept o..

Making a big stride in the labour history of the country, the Rajya Sabha on Thursday passed the Unorganised Sector Social Security Bill 2007 providing for 94 percent of the unorganised labour in the country covering about six crore workers and their families. The Bill piloted by Labour Minister Oscar Fernandes also provides for National Social Security Advisory Board to recommend suitable we..

The Supreme Court has dismissed the Centre's petition seeking review of its order quashing the health ministry's move to fix 65 years as the upper age limit for AIIMS director -- which led to the premature retirement of P Venugopal last year. Venugopal, who was reinstated as AIIMS director after court's intervention, has now left the Institute after his five-year tenure as director ended in J..

The Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) is finalising its plan to incorporate individuals, who are neither employed with central or state governments, in the new pension scheme (NPS) through which they can plan and invest for retirement. NPS currently covers the central government and state government employees who have joined since January 1, 2004 on a mandatory basis. “..

LABOUR COURT ‘CAN’T INTERFERE’ IF MISCONDUCT CHARGE IS PROVED: HC The Hindu Business Line Business Daily from THE HINDU group of publications Saturday, Aug 23, 2008 Chennai, Aug. 22. When a charge of misconduct of a workman was found to be proved, the award of the Labour Court granting relief of his reinstatement with 75 per cent back wages was not permissible, the Madras High Court has ruled..

LEGAL EXECUTION - HOW SHOCKING The execution of Allen Lee Davis in the Florida electric chair on July 8, 1999, was so violent that it set off a shock wave that rippled around the world. When the Florida Supreme Court ruled, yet again, that execution by electrocution is not unconstitutional, a dissenting justice attached three photographs of the execution to his dissent and posted them on the Flor..

The Union Cabinet today gave its approval to accept one recommendation of the Standing Committee of giving effect to the amendments retrospectively with effect from 3rd April, 1997 and to move Payment of Gratuity (Amendment) Bill, 2008 in the Parliament. The Cabinet also gave its approval for withdrawal the Payment of Gratuity (Amendment) Bill, 2007 from the parliament. This will result in c..

An employee's job status cannot be downgraded on being transferred, the Delhi High Court has said while quashing Air India's decision of demoting a cabin crew member after she was transferred from Mumbai to Delhi. "An order of transfer cannot deprive anyone of the existing right. If order of transfer substantially affect the status of an employee, the same would be violative of conditions of..

Delhi High Court issued notice to Delhi University (DU) on the petition filed by St Stephen's college, seeking that it will be exempted from the university ordinance which sets the norms for selection of principal, as it is a Minority Institution. Chief Justice A P Shah and Justice S Murlidhar issued notice to the DU and asked them to give reply by August 1. St Stephen's College urged that it ..

The Madras High Court has dismissed a petition filed by the Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) and imposed costs on the public sector company in a labor dispute case. Allowing a writ petition filed by eight workmen of HPCL, the court said they were entitled to regularization from the date they completed 480 days of service within a period of 24 months, together with 50 per cent of b..

Chennai, Jul 24 The Madras High Court has dismissed a petition filed by the Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) and imposed costs on the public sector company in a labour dispute case. Allowing a writ petition filed by eight workmen of HPCL, the court said they were entitled to regularisation from the date they completed 480 days of service within a period of 24 months, tog..

With neighbouring country China’s name being approved for legal ivory trading by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), conservationists are worried that it will prompt poachers to launder in their illegal stocks, including that obtained from India. Estimates show that 20,000 elephants are annually killed for illegal ivory trade. India is home to around 35,000 elep..