Case Law Analysis
|Supreme Court of India
Res Judicata & Back Wages | Industrial Court Order on Regularisation After 180-Day Service Binds Employer Despite Delayed Posting : SC
Supreme Court rules that an employer cannot deny back wages from the date an employee completes 180 days of service, even if formal regularisation is delayed for years. The final Industrial Court order on regularisation operates as res judicata, binding the employer to pay arrears regardless of procedural delays.