Month: February 2023
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Should the Exception of Sovereign Functions in the Definition of Industry Be Done Away With?
Author: Shreya Khandelwal is a Fourth Year Student at The West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata. The article tries to uncover the true meaning of sovereign function exception to the definition of “industry” which has been created and supported through a number of judicial precedents. The confusion about the correct position still persists due…
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MATERNITY BENEFITS CANNOT BE DENIED BASED ON MERE INTERPRETATION AND TECHNICALITIES.
Utkarsh Goel & Ayush Agrawal Introduction Madras High Court in its latest judgement, Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation (Coimbatore) Ltd. v B. Rajeswari, held that Benefits of welfare legislation cannot be deprived on mere technicalities. The issue concerned Rajeswari, who began working as an assistant engineer (AE) at TNSTC’s Erode branch in 2013. She was…