Employment & Labour News

Journalist Omar Rashid Files Defamation Suit Before Delhi High Court Over Anonymous Sexual Harassment Allegations

J&K Bank MD Cannot Dismiss Employee Without Inquiry By Equating His Powers With Governor Under Article 311(2)(c): High Court

J&K Bank Falls Within Definition of 'Industry'; Employees Are 'Workmen' Under Industrial Disputes Act: High Court

Supreme Court Seeks Centre's Response On Plea To Stop Perks To Judges Resigning To Avoid Removal

Supreme Court Allows Retiral Benefits To Employee Whose ST Certificate Was Found Invalid After 25 Years' Service

Punitive & Stigmatic Termination Of Temporary And Probationary Employees

High Court Quashes J&K Bank Employee's Termination Over Alleged Anti-National Activities, Says Mandatory Probe Wasn't Conducted

Supreme Court To Hear Centre's Plea To Clarify Judgment That Parental Salary Alone Can't Decide OBC Creamy Layer Status

Mere Variation In Disability Assessments Cannot Prove Fraud: Rajasthan High Court Sets Aside Employee's Termination

Noida Workers' Protest | Allahabad High Court Quashes NSA Detention Of Student Activist, Terms State's Version 'Concocted'

The Court said that the detention was based on a “concocted story” by the state.

Man Accidentally Exposing Himself While Urinating In Open Not 'Sexual Harassment': Karnataka High Court

Noida Workers' Protest | Allahabad High Court Seeks Video Evidence Of DU Grad's Alleged Role In Stone-Pelting In NSA Case

HC asks UP Police to show footage indicating whether Aakriti Chaudhary instigated protesters to indulge in stone-pelting or set vehicles on fire during the protest.

LiveLaw Supreme Court Half-Yearly Digest 2026 - Service Law

Sexual Harassment Is Judiciary's Dirty Secret; Many Women Judges Face It : Indira Jaising

POSH At Work By The Legal Swan Releases Landmark Research On Workplace Sexual Harassment In India Inc.

Drawing on 103 complaints and responses from 6,353 participants, two new reports reveal that while POSH awareness has improved across India's workplaces, significant gaps in understanding and application persist at every level in India Inc.

Manager (HRM Legal) Vacancy At Tata Steel Limited [Apply Now]

Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu India LLP invites online applications for the post of Manager (Data Privacy). Name of the Post: Manager (HRM Legal) Location: Jamshedpur Essential Qualification and Experience MBA/PGDM with specialization in HR/Personnel Management/Social Welfare/Labour Welfare from a recognized institute or LL.B./ 5years course of BA. LL.B./BBA LL.B./B. Com LL.B. with experience of handling Labour laws. 3+ years in Legal/IR (manufacturing). Strong knowledge of Labour Laws. Litigation & stakeholder management experience. Roles & Responsibilities Formulate & implement Legal strategies in pending labour matters before different courts to reduce number of litigations as well as cost of litigation against the company. Coordinate & follow up with HRBPs, empanelled lawyers and allied stakeholders for perusal & positive disposal of labour cases in various courts including Labour Court, Industrial Tribunal, High Court, EPF/ ESIC/ Gratuity authority, and out of court settlements. Stakeholder management to gain and provide support (critical stakeholders and legislative / government bodies/ courts etc.) in legal matters pertaining to labour issue. Guiding & handholding HRBPs upon labour related legal procedures, latest amendments in labour laws, disciplinary procedures related to domestic enquiry, conduct sessions & trainings to build competency in labour related legal matters. Responding the letters of various labour and related authorities. Attending conciliations in the Industrial Dispute matters and hearings of cases before various labour authorities. How to apply? To apply online, click here To Access Official Notification, click here

Noida Workers' Protest | Allahabad High Court Grants Bail To 'Mazdoor Bigul Dasta' Member In 2 FIRs

The Allahabad High Court recently granted bail to Himanshu Thakur, a member of the workers' union 'Mazdoor Bigul Dasta',�in connection with two FIRs arising from the April 2026 industrial workers' protest in Noida. Both FIRs, Case Crime Nos. 164 and 165 of 2026, concerned alleged mob violence at public places and companies in Gautam Buddha Nagar/Noida, where a large number of workers had allegedly gathered, engaged in stone-pelting and damaged public and company property. The FIRs were registered under several provisions of the BNS and Sections 3/4 of the Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act. The FIR no. 165 implicated a mob of around 450-500 persons; however, no specific role had been assigned to Applicant-Thakur. Bail orders In FIR no. 164, Justice Krishan Pahal granted bail to Thakur on August 7. Justice Pahal took note of the fact that a similarly placed co-accused, Ravi Kumar Rathore, had already been granted bail by a coordinate Bench of the High Court on June 24, 2026. It also noted that the criminal history attributed to Thakur stood explained. Thakur was directed to be released on bail on furnishing a personal bond and two sureties, subject to verification of the sureties. He was also directed not to tamper with evidence or intimidate witnesses and to appear before the trial court as required. On the other hand, in Case Crime No. 165, Justice Avnish Saxena granted bail to Thakur on August 20. Though the State opposed bail, alleging that he was instrumental in spreading violence through social media and had used the internet to spread hatred, the bench granted him bail, noting that no specific role was attributed to him. Thakur was directed to be released on bail on furnishing a personal bond and two sureties. He was also directed to cooperate with the judicial process for fair and speedy disposal of the case. Background of the Workers' Protest As stated, both FIRs concern an industrial dispute concerning workers' demands including revision of minimum

Advocates Association Of Western India To Get Woman President, The First In Over A Century

In a first, Advocates Association of Western India (AAWI) a lawyers association in the Bombay High Court, will now get a Woman Advocate as its President, in its existence of 162 years.� This comes after AAWI amended its Constitution and Rules to reserve the post of its President for women lawyers. Confirming the development, senior advocate Deepa Chawan said that this is a significant development as it would help women lawyers to now lead one of the oldest Bar Associations in the country.� "In 162 years of AAWI we would have a women president at the helm it is almost like a pathbreaking building an equality... skewed ratio of women as members it's a big step towards equality.. Definitely a milestone for women... In 2018 itself AAWI had reserved ," Chawan said.� In an official statement issued by AAWI President Prashant Relekar, it has been resolved that the post of President would be reserved for woman lawyers.� "The AAWI, one of the oldest association of lawyers in India, established in 1864, has unanimously resolved to amend its Constitution and Rules to reserve the post of President — the highest office in its Executive Council — for women members, effective from the very next election. In its 162 years of existence, AAWI has never had a woman occupy the post of President. Today's decision marks a historic and long-overdue correction, ensuring that a woman member will lead the Association once in every three terms," an official statement from AAWI reads.� The resolution follows consideration of a report submitted by AAWI's Constitutional Amendment Committee, chaired by AAWI President Prashant Relekar, which was tasked with recommending amendments to broaden the participation of women in the Association's executive leadership. This Committee was constituted at AAWI's Special General Body Meeting held on August 9, 2026. "Beyond the Presidency, the Committee recommended reservations for the posts of Secretary, Joint Secretary, and Members of the Executive Council, e

Grabbing & Pressing Woman's Shoulder, Shoving Her Away May Outrage Her Modesty; Not Sexual Harassment: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court recently held that a man's act of grabbing a woman's shoulder, pressing it and shoving her away, making her feel ashamed, may amount to outraging her modesty but the very act would not amount to sexual harassment as there is 'no sexual intent' or 'sexual overtures' or any unwelcome physical contact.� Single-judge Justice Abhay Mantri therefore partly quashed a First Information Report (FIR) lodged against one Girish Nigonda Patil, who was booked for barging into a Gram Panchayat office, quarrelling with the complainant female Block Development Officer (BDO), tearing some documents and then grabbing her shoulder, pressing it and shoving her away. The woman claimed that she felt ashamed by such a conduct of the petitioner.� Patil was therefore, booked under charges of assaulting a public servant (section 353), causing simple injury (section 323), outraging modesty of a woman (section 354) and sexual harassment (section 354-a) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). The bench while perusing the material on record, prima facie, noted that the material indicated that the victim was doing her job in the Gram Panchayat office when the Petitioner entered into the office and quarrelled with her, and snatched the approval order, tore it up and threw it on the table. Thereafter, he grabbed and pressed her right shoulder and shoved her away after doing something that made her feel ashamed. "Thus, prima facie, it reveals that the Petitioner used assault or criminal force to deter her from discharging her duty as a public servant and also outraged her modesty, causing her to feel ashamed. The said averments themselves attract the ingredients of Sections 323, 353 and 354 of the IPC. However, prima facie, it does not appear that the Petitioner, with an intent to commit physical contact and advances involving unwelcome and explicit sexual overtures or a demand for sexual favours, as contemplated in Section 354-A of the IPC. Therefore, prima facie, the ingredients of Se

LiveLaw Supreme Court Half-Yearly Digest 2026 - Motor Vehicles Act, 1980

Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 - Supreme Court Half Yearly Digest Jan - Jun, 2026 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 - Conventional Heads – Omission of Filial Consortium – The Tribunal and High Court failed to award any amount under the head of consortium - Held: The Motor Vehicles Act is a beneficial legislation, and courts must ensure 'just compensation' is awarded even if a legitimate conventional head has been omitted below - The parents of the deceased unmarried son are entitled to filial consortium - Compensation enhanced by Rs. 40,000/- each to both parents (Total Rs. 80,000/-) – Held that the Supreme Court does not ordinarily interfere with concurrent findings of fact returned by the Tribunal and the High Court unless such findings are shown to be perverse, manifestly erroneous, or based on no evidence. [Relied on National Insurance Company Limited vs. Pranay Sethi and Others, (2017) 16 SCC 680; Magma General Insurance Company Limited vs. Nanu Ram alias Chuhru Ram and Others, (2018) 18 SCC 130; Paras 24-29] Oriental Insurance Co Ltd v. Kalu Ram, 2026 LiveLaw (SC) 643 : 2026 INSC 653 Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 - Section 166 – Negligence vs. Contributory Negligence – Stationary Vehicle Hazard – A truck was left stationed in the middle of the road at 3:00 a.m. without parking lights, indicators, reflectors, or warning signs - A Wagon-R car rammed into the truck from behind - The driver and owner of the truck did not step into the witness box to substantiate their plea of tyre puncture - Held: The mere fact that a vehicle collides with a truck from behind cannot automatically lead to an inference of negligence or contributory negligence - A stationary vehicle occupying the road in the dead of night without any warning signs poses an evident hazard - In the absence of evidence from the truck driver, the adverse inference drawn by the Tribunal was justified - The proximate cause of the accident was the negligent act of leaving the vehicle unattended on the road without precautionar