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Updated on: Feb 2026
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Prolonged employee suspension amounts to punishment: HC
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Prolonged employee suspension amounts to punishment: HC

On Tuesday, The High Court of J&K and Ladakh held that suspension of an employee was not a punishment but it amounts to the same due to very strong stigmatic social connotations once it was prolonged. Case Background The observation was made by a division bench of Chief Justice Pankaj Mithal and Justice Wasim Sadiq […]

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Supreme Court: Leave Encashment Benefit is Part of Salary
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Supreme Court: Leave Encashment Benefit is Part of Salary

Supreme Court observed that the appellants had to fight for their entitlements. The Supreme Court has held the judgement that the leave encashment is part of the salary. The appellants were appointed against sanctioned posts by the fourth respondent (a senior secondary school, established and controlled by the fifth respondent trust, hereafter referred to collectively […]

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Employment Obtained Through Fake Caste Certificate is Void: Madras HC
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Employment Obtained Through Fake Caste Certificate is Void: Madras HC

The Madras High Court has ordered the compulsory retirement of an employee of the Indra Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR) who has been recruited by submitting a forged community certificate. Ganesan could not be allowed to get the benefits on technical grounds and he could not get a premium or bounty, as the initial […]

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High Court puts on hold 75% quota for locals in private jobs in Haryana
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High Court puts on hold 75% quota for locals in private jobs in Haryana

In a setback to the BJP-JJP government in Haryana, the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Thursday stayed the state government law to give 75 per cent reservation to youth belonging to the state in the private sector. The law under the Haryana State Employment of Local Candidates Act, 2020 is applicable in industries having more than 10 […]

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Haryana Law of 75% reservation in private sector jobs challenged in HC
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Haryana Law of 75% reservation in private sector jobs challenged in HC

Haryana Law of 75% reservation in private sector jobs challenged in HC Industrial Welfare Association Panchkula has challenged the Haryana law of 75% quota for locals in private jobs. A division bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court will take up a hearing on the petition moved by an industrial body on March 15. […]

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