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Authors: Vedant Choudhary currently reads law at Symbiosis Law School, Pune and Piyush Gupta is a student at NLSIU, Bangalore. This article argues that with the advent/growth of the Gig Economy in India, it is required that the Trade Unions Act is amended accordingly to make space for Trade Unions in the Gig Economy. INTRODUCTION…
Author: Jahanvi Garg is an advocate, practicing at the Delhi High Court, and has completed Law in 2022 from Law Centre-1, Faculty of Law, University of Delhi. The present article illuminates the often-overlooked aspect of the gig economy with specific examples from Uber, that forms the gig workforce. The paper argues that app-based platforms employ…
Authors: Aditi Raj is currently a student at the National University of Study and Research in Law, Ranchi, India who intends to join her state’s judiciary, and therefore all her professional endeavours are towards understanding and bringing forth the rights of the people. Himanshu is a 4th-year student of B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) program at the National University…
Karanveer Singh Khaira and Sumati Arora Background And Facts Of The Case In The Registrar General, Patna High Court v. Ram Vyas Dubey and others LPA No. 198 of 2016[i] the Hon’ble High Court of Patna addressing the grievance of countless temporary wage employees extended the benefits of Pension to employees who had been working…
Author: Vrinda Chaturvedi is a third-year student at Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur. The article provides a comprehensive review of the challenges faced by hawkers in their fight for recognition and protection of their rights. It also traces the development of jurisprudence around Hawkers’ and Vendors’ Rights and provides a concerted analysis of judgements that…
Author: Yash Arjariya is an undergraduate law student at Hidayatullah National Law University. In this piece, the author analyses the legality of dual employment or moonlighting in the Indian paradigm. Since India does not have an employment law but employer-employee relations are governed by contracts of service between parties, the article deciphers the issue from…
Introduction: Right-to-work laws are state-level legislation that allows workers to choose whether or not to join a union or pay union dues as a condition of employment.[i] These laws make it unlawful for unions to compel workers to join the union or pay dues to get or retain employment. Unions bargain with employers on behalf of…
Karanveer Singh Khaira and Utkarsh Goel Introduction The Supreme Court, in its recent judgement, Ashok Ram Parhad & Ors. v The State of Maharashtra & Ors., held that Service Rules have a statutory effect and thus, shall prevail in Service Jurisprudence, and government resolutions cannot contradict the rules. The case was another addition to the list of disputes…
Author: Mishika is a BBA LLB (Hons.) student at Symbiosis Law School, Pune. This article scrutinises the recently introduced Surrogacy (Regulation) Act, 2021 vis-a-vis Labour Laws in India. Introduction Historically, women were discriminated against and discouraged from joining the working sector and a natural incidence of the same is the lack of labour laws specifically designed for women. In…
Introduction: The Supreme Court of India in its recent Judgement, Security Printing & Minting Corporation of India Limited v. Vijay D. Kasbe held that Government Employees cannot claim double overtime allowance under Section 59 (1) of the Factories Act, 1948 as they are civil position holders and can’t be equated to a Factory Worker. The…