The Union Cabinet Approves ₹99,446 Crore Employment-Linked Incentive (ELI) Scheme to Generate Over 3.5 Crore Jobs

The Union Cabinet Approves ₹99,446 Crore Employment-Linked  Incentive (ELI) Scheme to Generate Over 3.5 Crore Jobs

The Union Cabinet, led by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has approved the Employment Linked Incentive (ELI) Scheme with a budget of ₹99,446 crore. The goal is to promote large-scale formal employment in various sectors, especially manufacturing. This initiative aims to create more than 3.5 crore formal jobs over two years, focusing on youth and first-time employees. The scheme covers jobs created between August 1, 2025, and July 31, 2027. It is part of the…

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Bombay High Court Quashes Transfer Orders Linked to POSH Complaint, Orders Reinstatement and Reopening of Inquiry:

In a powerful affirmation of employee rights and the core principles of the Prevention of Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (POSH) Act, 2013, the Bombay High Court on June 25, 2025, delivered a significant judgment quashing the retaliatory transfer orders issued against an assistant professor at Mumba Devi Adarsh Sanskrit Mahavidyalay. The Court held that the professor’s sudden and repeated transfers, following her formal complaint of sexual harassment, were not only arbitrary but a…

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Supreme Court: Jurisdiction Clauses in Job Contracts Are Legally Binding

Supreme Court: Jurisdiction Clauses in Job Contracts  Are Legally Binding

The Supreme Court recently dealt with two cases where former employees of HDFC Bank challenged their terminations in courts located in places where they were working – Patna and Delhi. Both had been terminated for alleged misconduct. They filed suits to get their termination declared illegal and to be reinstated with full benefits. HDFC Bank objected, saying the appointment letters had a clause that any legal dispute would only be handled by courts in Mumbai….

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Bombay HC: Prolonged Absence Without Intimation Can Be Treated as Voluntary Abandonment of Service

Bombay HC: Prolonged Absence Without Intimation  Can Be Treated as Voluntary Abandonment of Service

In a recent judgment, the Bombay High Court in Rashtrasant Tukdoji Maharaj Technical and Education Society v. Indira Madhukar Muraskar & Ors., 2025 SCC OnLine Bom 2055, ruled that where employees remain absent for a prolonged period without valid justification and fail to respond to repeated notices to resume duty, the employer can treat such absence as voluntary abandonment of employment. The Court held that removal of names from the muster roll in such cases…

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Gratuity can be Withheld Post Superannuation if Guilty of Misconduct

Gratuity can be Withheld Post Superannuation if Guilty of Misconduct

Hon’ble Supreme Court in the matter of Chairman cum Managing Director, Mahanadi Coal Fields vs Sri Rabindranath Choubey Civil Appeal No. 9693 of 2013 dealt with two important legal issues as under: Whether employer can withhold payment of gratuity of an employee after superannuation in view of pending disciplinary proceedings; and Whether punishment of dismissal can be imposed on an employee after superannuation if found guilty of misconduct in the said disciplinary proceedings. With regard…

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FAQs on working on Election Day

FAQs on working on Election Day

The note is made in the context of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Elections, 2019 which is to be held on 21/10/2019. The note is to clarify whether there is an obligation on employers to declare a holiday in there establishments on the day of elections i.e. 21/10/2019. The note has been prepared for the limited purpose of answering the General Queries with respect to declaration of Holiday on Election Day. The Circular issued by the…

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PMC Bank Fraud: Should RBI be Held Responsible?

PMC Bank Fraud: Should RBI be Held Responsible?

ABSTRACT On 24th September, 2019, the Reserve Bank of India imposed strict restrictions on PMC1 after finding certain irregularities in the bank. These irregularities went unnoticed in the inspections conducted by RBI, the Apex bank vested with powers for monitoring the banking system of the country. This raises a subsequent question regarding the responsibility of RBI in such scenarios. The PMC Bank debacle is the latest and yet another proof that the Reserve Bank of…

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CURRENT STATUS OF CODE ON WAGES, 2019

CURRENT STATUS OF CODE ON WAGES, 2019

Status of the Code on Wages, 2019 The Code on Wages, 2019 was introduced in Lok Sabha by the Minister of Labour, Mr. Santosh Gangwar on July 23, 2019 and passed by Lok Sabha on 30/07/2019 and Rajya Sabha on 02/08/2019.  It seeks to regulate wage and bonus payments in all employments where any industry, trade, business, or manufacture is carried out.  The Code replaces the following four laws: (i) the Payment of Wages Act,…

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EDUCATION AMOUNTS TO PUBLIC FUNCTION – HENCE WRIT MAINTAINABLE AGAINST PRIVATE SCHOOL

EDUCATION AMOUNTS TO PUBLIC FUNCTION – HENCE WRIT MAINTAINABLE AGAINST PRIVATE SCHOOL

INTRODUCTION The Hon’ble Supreme Court of India in the matter of Marwari Balika Vidyalaya vs. Asha Shrivastava and Ors. Civil Appeal No. 9166 of 2013 has held that the Writ of Mandamus was maintainable against a Private Unaided School. FACTS IN BREIF Respondent No. 1 applied for the position of an ‘Assistant Teacher’ at the Appellant organization. In view of the same, an interview was conducted, and Respondent No. 1 was appointed on probation in…

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