labour service law

The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has directed the State Governments and various export promotion councils to set up self regulatory mechanism to check the child labour from supply to export stage. It has also asked to initiate social auditing to make sure that no child labour is engaged in any form. In a communication to the various export promotion bodies and the Chi..

The Delhi High Court today issued a notice to the MCD to reply by September 2 on the contradictory stand taken by it on the issue of relocation of industrial units outside the state. A petition was filed by a factory owner seeking relocation of his unit outside Delhi as the MCD had cancelled his licence to run it. The Punjab Motor Workshop, situated at Nicolson Street in North Delhi, had sou..

The country’s archaic labour laws might fail the test of the evolving competition regime. A study by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) has underscored the need to revamp the labour rules in the country to remove the operational difficulties for small industrial establishments, which suffer more. While the competition law advocates a market-operated economy, the labour sector has suffer..

The judiciary cannot allow outsourcing of any of its work at any level, a division bench of the Madras High Court told Home Secretary S Malathi. The bench comprising Justice S J Mukhopadhaya and Justice V Dhanapalan yesterday told Home Secretary S Malathi, "We will not allow any outsider to handle our papers. It is not like your civic corporations entrusting conservancy works to private parties..

The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) is set to bring in revised guidance for foreign lawyers looking to practise in England and Wales from 1 September after a delay of six months. The changes to the guidelines confirm that all transferees will have at least one year's experience of English law before they can be admitted as solicitors. It will also allow requests for exemptions from the Q..

Revival of Kanoria Jute Mill has got a glimmer of hope as Calcutta High Court today asked Board for Industrial and Financial Reconstruction (BIFR), which has earlier rejected a revival package, to reconsider the matter. Justice Jayanta Biswas sent back the matter to BIFR for fresh consideration after allowing a writ petition by a workers' union that challenged the BIFR order, which was also uph..

Admitting that lot of vacancies existed for judges posts in various courts, Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan today said there was a twofold increase in the requirement. Inaugurating a 'Continuous Lok Adalat' at Madurai Bench of Madras High Court here he said in Tamil Nadu alone 400 vacancies existed in various courts and efforts were on to fill up atleast 200, by the Centre. Hoping that..

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has sacked its director Salim Altaf for leaking official and confidential papers to his ‘close journalists’. A spokesman for the PCB confirmed to Daily Times on Thursday that Salim, who was the head of a committee overseeing the 2011 World Cup to be hosted in the subcontinent, had been relieved of his official assignments. “Salim’s contract with the PCB was expirin..

The wait for rolling out mobile banking seems to be over, with the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) issuing draft operative norms for such payment system. Now, RBI said, it will be easier and safer to use mobile phones for carrying out a gamut of banking transactions. Banks can offer mobile-based services only to their own customers. Banks should have a system of registration before commencing mobil..

The U.S. failed to prove that Indian duties on alcohol imports discriminate against products such as Brown-Forman Corp.'s Jack Daniels whiskey, World Trade Organization judges said, after changes to Indian import rules. ``The U.S. has failed to establish that the additional duty on alcoholic liquor is inconsistent'' with Indian commitments at the WTO, judges said in a 182-page report issued toda..

A two-judge bench of the Supreme Court has referred to a larger bench the matter involving the question whether employees opting for voluntary retirement scheme (VRS) would also be entitled to a "lay off compensation." Lay off compensation is normally paid by the management when a unit temporarily shuts down operations due to unavoidable reasons like shortage of raw material. A bench of Ju..

The Supreme Court will hear on Monday a petition filed by the Centre seeking stay of a Madras High Court decision setting aside the merit list prepared by the Union Public Service Commission relating to civil services for the years 2006 and 2007. A Bench headed by Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan permitted that the vacation bench will hear the Centre's petition challenging the High Court order ..

In furtherance to News dated 28-4-2008 " National tribunal functioning from car', to putforth the apathy of Minitry of Labour and EPFO towards the EPF Appellate Tribunal ,new delhi, PIL was filed by Bar Association of EPF Appellate Tribunal through its President, Rajiv Shukla, advocate as petitioner in person and Bar Association as petitioner no.1. The same came up for hearing on 29-04-2008 bef..

The Union Cabinet today gave its approval to amend the Employees’ State Insurance Act, 1948. The Bill will be introduced in the Parliament during the Budget Session, 2008. The Amendment of the Employees’ State Insurance Act, 1948 will not only result in optimum utilization of the existing infrastructure but will also augment funds of the ESI Corporation. This will also help in implementing othe..

The Delhi High Court issued a notice to the Centre on a petition filed by an English daily "The Statesman" to scrap wage boards constituted by the government for working journalists and non-journalists. A Bench comprising Justices Manmohan Sarin and Manmohan asked the government to file its response by 13th May when the matter would be taken up for further hearing. The newspaper has a..