High Court Partly Allows Municipality's Petition in Industrial Dispute by Modifying Labour Court Award - Replaces Reinstatement with Lump Sum Compensation. The Court held that considering intermittent service, illegal appointment, and lack of sanctioned posts, lump sum compensation of Rs. 3,00,000/- per workman was appropriate under the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, rather than reinstatement with backwages.
21 Jan 2026The dispute originated from the termination of casual labourers employed by Padra Municipality as drainage sweepers on daily wage basis. The workmen, ...
