#Casual Workers

The Calcutta High Court ruled that casual security guards with over three decades of uninterrupted service cannot be denied absorption merely because their duties were later outsourced post-merger. The judgment affirms that statutory rights under the Industrial Disputes Act override administrative reclassification, setting a precedent for long-serving temporary workers in merged public sector entities.

Delhi High Court rules that failure to produce muster rolls by an employer raises an adverse inference, establishing an employer-employee relationship. However, casual workers must still prove 240 days of continuous service in the preceding year to claim Section 25F protection under the Industrial Disputes Act.

Supreme Court holds that long-serving casual workers with perennial duties, similarly situated to regularized peers, are entitled to regularization despite procedural lapses under Uma Devi doctrine.