Employment Law and Labour Law

The Workmen’s Compensation Act, 1923, is a beneficial piece of social welfare legislation designed to provide relief to workmen and their dependants in cases of injury or death arising out of and in the course...

This newsletter provides a curated overview of significant Supreme Court judgments, High Court judgments, regulatory developments in Indian labour and employment law and a few foreign developments relevant...

The High Court of Delhi, through its Judgment dated 18.05.2026 in the matter of Moolchand Khairati Ram Hospital v. Vijender Singh & Ors., inter alia, held that the obligation under Section 17-B of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 (“ID Act”) is a continuing statutory obligation and takes into account the minimum wages revised from time to time by the Appropriate Government.

Following the enactment of the four new labour codes India’s labour laws, long characterised by a fragmented framework of Central and State legislation, have undergone significant structural consolidation and reform.

This newsletter provides a curated overview of significant Supreme Court judgments, High Court judgments, regulatory developments in Indian labour and employment law and a few foreign developments relevant...

The consolidation of India’s labour laws into four Labour Codes i.e, the Code on Wages, 2019; Code on Social Security, 2020; Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020; and Industrial Relations Code...

Well-functioning audit committees approach whistleblower complaints not as compliance artifacts but governance signals. They deliberately expect complaints to surface uncomfortable truths, not be statistically managed.

In a recent shareholder derivative action, defense counsel presented what appeared to be a robust governance framework: a board-approved whistleblower policy, comprehensive compliance documentation...

Independent directors are expected to treat whistleblower mechanisms as governance infrastructure, not reporting hygiene. A well-functioning audit committee is meant to see whistleblower data...

In employment relationships, resignation is often perceived as a simple unilateral act, reduced to a letter placed on an employer's desk. Indian jurisprudence, however, treats resignation as a legally...

Public and private sector contracts in India often end up in disputes not because contractors underperform, but because projects are delayed, disrupted, or changed mid-stream...

The judgment of the Hon'ble Delhi High Court in Abhijit Mishra v. Wipro Limited [CS(OS) 31/2021], delivered on 14 July 2025, deals with the interplay between contractual termination rights in private employment and the tort of civil defamation.