IMPORTANT JUDGEMENTS June 2025- Reported Judgments at Glance
Clauses limiting jurisdiction to one section of Courts in employment contracts are valid. 2025 LLR 594 SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
Agent of the owner/occupier of the factory is also liable for violation of the provisions of the ESI Act. 2025 LLR 600 SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
Insurer is not liable to reimburse penalty for delay in payment of accident compensation. 2025 LLR 591 SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
Woman is entitled to maternity benefits even if she was on sanctioned leave during 3 months before delivery. 2025 LLR 629 KERALA HIGH COURT
Management can stop paying customary allowance if salary paid was more than minimum wages. 2025 LLR 644 ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT
Cess cannot be collected from the employer qua the supply contract / material supplied. 2025 LLR 641 CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT
Period spent as a probationer to be included in the length of service for the purpose of payment of gratuity. 2025 LLR 638 CALCUTTA HIGH COURT
ESI paid by principal employer to the employees of the contractor before the contractor obtained its code number would not make the contract sham. 2025 LLR 621 MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT
Employee cannot avoid contract at a subsequent stage merely because a term isn't beneficial for him. 2025 LLR 594 SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
Workman cannot engage lawyer in enquiry even if management representative has a law degree. 2025 LLR 648 CALCUTTA HIGH COURT
Pension can be claimed before the authority under the Payment of Wages Act. 2025 LLR 617 CALCUTTA HIGH COURT
Minimum wages are not amenable to split up into basic and DA for the purposes of payment. 2025 LLR 644 ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT
Even an employee who is temporarily engaged is covered under the Employees Compensation Act. 2025 LLR 607 DELHI HIGH COURT
Employee cannot be terminated for embezzlement when the amount was misplaced due to negligence. 2025 LLR 631 ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT
No reinstatement of terminated employee when the contract was of personal service. 2025 LLR 651 MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT
Offer letter itself does not prove employment when it was not counter signed by employee. 2025 LLR 621 MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT
A person is not 'apprentice' under Apprentices Act in the absence of a written contract of apprenticeship. 2025 LLR 638 CALCUTTA HIGH COURT
Dismissal, merely on the basis of a preliminary enquiry, is invalid. 2025 LLR 613 HIMACHAL PRADESH HIGH COURT
EPF
CGIT can pass ex-parte ad interim orders restraining the EPFO from recovering dues. 2025 LLR 656 BOMBAY HIGH COURT
The EPF Authority cannot ask any employer to fix the salary in a particular manner. 2025 LLR 662 PUNJAB & HARYANA HIGH COURT
No employer-employee relationship when EPFO did not call the employees for identification. 2025 LLR 669 CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT
Entities cannot be clubbed together in the absence of them being branches or common management. 2025 LLR 667 KARNATAKA HIGH COURT
EPF Authority has to consider all case laws relied upon by the management before passing order. 2025 LLR 679 BOMBAY HIGH COURT
Employee list prepared by EPFO not admissible if identity of supervisor who signed it isn't ascertainable. 2025 LLR 693 PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT
Ex-parte order u/s 7A can be set aside within 3 months if employer shows sufficient cause. 2025 LLR 664 CALCUTTA HIGH COURT
Ongoing proceedings under EPF Act can't be interdicted merely because there was transfer of ownership. 2025 LLR 684 KERALA HIGH COURT
Employee's date of birth, for EPF purpose, cannot be changed after leaving service. 2025 LLR 695 MADRAS HIGH COURT
HC cannot regulate procedure followed by the CGIT while hearing appeals. 2025 LLR 656 BOMBAY HIGH COURT
Amount cannot be recovered when higher contribution was already made. 2025 LLR 686 CALCUTTA HIGH COURT
Establishment can seek exemption by granting more beneficial schemes such as GPF. 2025 LLR 700 GUJARAT HIGH COURT
Once default in payment of contribution is admitted, damages are consequential. 2025 LLR 684 KERALA HIGH COURT
Objection against virtual hearing cannot be taken later when it was not taken before the authority. 2025 LLR 661 KARNATAKA HIGH COURT
Principal employer not to pay PF dues of loading/unloading labourers engaged through contractors. 2025 LLR 669 CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT
Contribution made beyond permissible limit will be deemed to have been accepted when no questions were asked by the establishment. 2025 LLR 686 CALCUTTA HIGH COURT
Order of EPF authority, rejecting claim of exemption under the wrong provision, is illegal. 2025 LLR 679 BOMBAY HIGH COURT
Establishment not covered under EPF Act will have to pay dues for employees of defaulting contractors. 2025 LLR 690 MADRAS HIGH COURT
Courtesy: Labour law reporter
