At the age of 95, the former Chief Justice of India, Kamal Narain Singh, passed away. With a tenure of just 17 days, Justice Narain holds the record for the chief justice with the shortest tenure. He served as India's 22nd Chief Justice from November 25, 1991, to December 12, ... Read More

He was raised by Kashmiri Pandit parents and received his elementary education in Nowgong, Madhya Pradesh. For his middle school education, he attended Pandit Pirthi Nath High School in Kanpur, Muir Central College in Allahabad, and Wadham College in Oxford. On December 1st, 1926, he enlisted in the Indian Civil ... Read More

This Act was one of the first pieces of legislation in India that intended and thought of providing certain relief to a worker if some uncertainty happens to that worker on the premises when the supervising officer or the employing officer of that worker is not present in that area ... Read More

During the 20th century, there was so much industrialization, and the industrial sector was growing rapidly in every country across the world. With the growth of industrialization, the exploitation of labourers also increased because the prime focus of the majority of industries became greater production, which usually ignored the rights ... Read More

The Employment Exchanges (Compulsory Notification of Vacancies) Act, 1959 primary goal is to mandate the mandatory reporting of job openings to employment exchanges. Employers are obligated to report all openings to employment exchanges, with the exception of those in unskilled categories, temporary openings, and openings that are planned to be ... Read More

The Delhi Shops and Establishment Act was passed to enhance the administration of employment and working conditions in stores, businesses, hotels, theatres, dining establishments, and other public places of entertainment. This act is a labour regulation designed to meet the demands of India's enormous unorganised labour market, which frequently experiences ... Read More

The Factories Act of 1948 was used to help India develop national rules about workplace safety and health in factories and docks. It addresses a variety of issues relating to people's wellbeing, health, productivity, and safety at work. The Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020 took its place. ... Read More

India made the decision to be a welfare state in its Constitution, and the Indian Parliament passed several social welfare laws to carry out this philosophy. Some of the laws established to put this social welfare program into action are the Employee Provident Funds Act and the Miscellaneous Act of ... Read More

The Employees State Insurance Act, 1948, is a pioneering measure in the field of social insurance in our country. When the Government of India first evaluated the applicability of the Conventions approved by the International Labour Conference in 1927, the question of health insurance for industrial employees was first brought ... Read More

The National Apprenticeship Act was initially introduced in 1959 on a voluntary basis. The Apprentices Act of 1961 was passed by Parliament in 1961 and went into effect on January 1, 1963. Ultimately, the statute was modified in 1973 and 1986. The Act's initial intent was to train apprentices in ... Read More