India: Employment Litigation/ Tribunals

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POSH Act & Public Transport: Bombay High Court On Workplace Jurisdiction | Podcast Bites
The Bombay High Court examines whether incidents of workplace sexual harassment occurring during an employee's commute on public transport fall within the jurisdiction of the POSH Act. This landmark judgment in Siddhesh Pradeep Satpute v. State Bank of India addresses the critical question of what constitutes a 'workplace' under India's sexual harassment prevention framework.
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IndiaLaw LLP
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The Allahabad High Court Upholds A Pregnant Woman's Right To Employment: A Landmark Reading Of Administrative Discretion And Reproductive Autonomy
In a significant pronouncement that bridges the gap between rigid administrative procedures and constitutional compassion, the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench, has set aside the dismissal of a pregnant woman candidate's petition and directed the Uttar Pradesh authorities to permit her to undergo the Physical Efficiency Test for the posts of Forest Guard and Wildlife Guard.
India Employment
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IndiaLaw LLP
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Relieving Letter Is Not An Unconditional Right: Bharat Aviation Judgement Recasts The Treatment Of Exit Documents
The article examines the near-automatic judicial treatment of exit documentation rights in Indian employment law and traces how the Bombay High Court's ruling in Bharat Aviation Pvt. Ltd. and Ors. v. Rahul Sudhindra Soni marks the emergence of a new doctrine - the consequential document doctrine, under which such entitlements are conditioned on a lawful and complete exit from employment.
India Transport
LegaLogic
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Madras High Court Clarifies Continuance Of Existing Labour Courts And Industrial Tribunals Under The Industrial Disputes Act, 1947
The Madras HC relied on a clarificatory notification issued by the Labour Ministry on December 8, 2025 ("Clarificatory Notification"). The Clarificatory Notification confirmed that the existing Labour Courts, Industrial Tribunals and National Industrial Tribunals constituted under the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 ("ID Act") will continue to adjudicate, both existing and new cases until the constitution of tribunals under the IR Code.
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Speak Now Or Forever Hold Your Peace: Bombay HC Clears ICC, Denies Tarapur Doctor A Second Bite After Year-Long Silence Makes Waiver Win The POSH Fight
A doctor who quietly faced a sexual-harassment inquiry for almost a year discovered, after the panel held him guilty, that he could object to the very composition of the panel. On 14 October 2025 a Division Bench of the Bombay High Court (Ravindra V Ghuge & Ashwin D Bhobe JJ.) told him the train had already left the station
India Employment
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IndiaLaw LLP
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