Centre For Labour Laws

On 20 April 2023, the Supreme Court of India instructed State Governments and UT Administrations to issue ration cards to migrant or unorganized workers who are registered on the Centre’s e-Shram portal, but currently do not possess such cards. The court’s direction came in response to an application filed by activists who alleged that the…

Ayush Agrawal Facts The Respondents herein are heirs of employees of Burdwan, Ranaghat and Habra Municipalities, who died in harness. The present appeals concern claims for compassionate appointment to posts in the concerned municipalities. The heirs of the deceased employees working under different categories sent an application to the municipality for appointment on humanitarian grounds…

Rupesh Kumar Malviya and Zaier Ahmad INTRODUCTION In a recent ruling by a single Judge bench of Allahabad High Court, the provisions under the Maternity Benefits Act, 1961[i] were extended to working women even after the birth of the child. The bench consisting of Justice Ashutosh Srivastava scrutinized subsection (1)[ii] and (3)[iii] and (4)[iv] of…

Aditya Pratap Singh and Aayush The Supreme Court of India has directed workers in labour cases to provide their own permanent addresses instead of relying on their unions. This is due to practical difficulties that arise when cases are filed through unions, without the worker’s address being provided. In such cases, notices are served on…

Lavya Bhasin and Nandita Yadav BACKGROUND This is the case of The Eastern Coalfields Limited and Others v Ajit Mondal & Others.[i] Since the year 1975, Mr. Ajit Mondal (“Employee/Respondent No. 1”) worked as a line mazdoor for Eastern Coalfield Ltd (“Employer”). The Employee missed a significant amount of work in the years 1999, 2000,…

Rohit Misra and Rohit Kadian Introduction The Supreme Court of India, in the case of In Re Problems & miseries of Migrant Labourers, directed the Union of India and all the State Governments to inform the Court whether the migrant and unorganized workers, who had registered under the e-Shram portal have ration cards and are…

Zaier Ahmad and Dimpal Rathod Introduction The Supreme Court, on Friday, held that Section 1(6)[i] of the Employees’ State Insurance Act, 1948 (hereinafter, “ESI Act”), which contemplates that an establishment would be governed by the Act irrespective of the number of the employees. This decision means that establishments that were already in operation when the…