IMPORTANT JUDGEMENTS July 2025- Reported Judgments at Glance
Payment of ex-gratia cannot be a ground to deny statutory bonus. 2025 LLR 709 SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
Clause requiring employee to work for a minimum of three years and in default to pay damages is valid. 2025 LLR 713 SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
Termination of workman at the end of a specific project, for which he was employed, is not retrenchment. 2025 LLR 763 DELHI HIGH COURT
Working under different branches cannot be taken into consideration for determining continuous service. 2025 LLR 749 RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT
Coverage of establishment under the Gratuity Act would follow when it is covered under the EPF Act. 2025 LLR 718 MADRAS HIGH COURT
Plea of fictitious breaks cannot be taken by the workman after termination. 2025 LLR 740 HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT
Employer and employee can agree to age of retirement of less than 60 years under Model Standing Orders. 2025 LLR 752 BOMBAY HIGH COURT
When an employee is assigned duties outside the scope of his original appointment, he is entitled to be compensated on par with others similarly placed. 2025 LLR 747 MADRAS HIGH COURT
Only a registered trade union can espouse the cause of a member of the trade union. 2025 LLR 780 GAUHATI HIGH COURT
Company which delivers groceries to customers through e-commerce application is not a 'Factory'. 2025 LLR 777 MADRAS HIGH COURT
Gathering at factory gate and leaving work at union's insistence would amount to insubordination. 2025 LLR 726 BOMBAY HIGH COURT
Non-availability of medical services near the establishment is no ground for non-payment of ESI dues. 2025 LLR 742 ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT
Approval for termination is to be taken from one court only when multiple industrial disputes were pending. 2025 LLR 761 MADRAS HIGH COURT
When accident is admitted, employer can't deny relationship on appointment letter's non-production. 2025 LLR 745 DELHI HIGH COURT
Only the admitted amount of gratuity has to be deposited with the Controlling Authority by the employer. 2025 LLR 737 CALCUTTA HIGH COURT
Respondent cannot take plea of limitation when the act of sexual harassment was a continuing one. 2025 LLR 734 MADRAS HIGH COURT
Mere change in management does not affect the rights of the workmen. 2025 LLR 722 GUJARAT HIGH COURT
Charitable Trust would be liable to pay bonus as soon as it starts carrying out commercial activities. 2025 LLR 709 SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
EPF
EPFO cannot initiate coercive action merely because it has a different interpretation of the stay order. 2025 LLR 784 BOMBAY HIGH COURT
Establishment to not continue depositing PF contributions for uncovered employees if done earlier by error. 2025 LLR 809 CALCUTTA HIGH COURT
Apprentices being paid monthly salary and not stipend are covered under the EPF Act. 2025 LLR 803 KERALA HIGH COURT
If demand was through common notice and two separate orders u/s 14B and 7Q were passed on same date, order u/s 7Q would still be non-appealable. 2025 LLR 820 DELHI HIGH COURT
Reasons/bifurcations are to be shown as to how PF liability was determined under various heads. 2025 LLR 812 PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT
When transferee was made liable to pay damages, the amount can be recovered from the transferor. 2025 LLR 793 CALCUTTA HIGH COURT
Principal employer is not liable when the contractor is independently covered unless the contract is sham. 2025 LLR 797 MADRAS HIGH COURT
Bank account cannot be frozen by EPFO beyond 30 days when there is no prima facie case of fraud. 2025 LLR 813 CALCUTTA HIGH COURT
Financial problems being faced by an institution cannot absolve it from payment of PF dues. 2025 LLR 788 PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT
EPF authority cannot recover damages exceeding the amount of arrears as specified in the Scheme. 2025 LLR 799 CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT
Reducing damages to 25% of assessed amount is proper when it was with govt. and couldn't be transferred. 2025 LLR 799 CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT
Persons whose engagement is purely contractual and dependent on performance are not 'employees'. 2025 LLR 809 CALCUTTA HIGH COURT
Terminated employee can't file FIR for non-payment of PF dues when he wasn't a member of EPF Scheme. 2025 LLR 786 DELHI HIGH COURT
Tribunal's order can only be challenged by the EPFO after taking authorization from the Board of Trustees. 2025 LLR 806 MADRAS HIGH COURT
No prosecution for non-payment of PF dues against Director without impleading the company. 2025 LLR 815 CALCUTTA HIGH COURT
No premature quashing of summons directing principal employer to produce documents w.r.t. contractor. 2025 LLR 797 MADRAS HIGH COURT
Writ petition can even be filed against the trustees of EPFO. 2025 LLR 791 RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT
Director responsible for the affairs of the establishment is 'employer' under the EPF Act. 2025 LLR 815 CALCUTTA HIGH COURT
Courtesy: Labour law reporter
