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Criminal breach of trust is attracted only if the employer deducts the amount from the salary/wages but fails to deposit the amount with the EPFO

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An employee cannot be deprived from his service benefits by backdating the termination of his employment

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Mere non-performance of an Agreement to Sell by itself does not amount to the offences of cheating and criminal breach of trust.

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Doctrine of proportionality cannot be invoked in cases where the root of the employment itself is based upon a forged document.

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If Payments are made to employees in relation to the ESOPs, it would have been necessary to deduct the value thereof to arrive at the value of the perquisite.

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The Karnataka HC has held that an employee cannot seek a change in the recorded date of birth after a considerable lapse of time.

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Mah publishes Draft notification inviting suggestions for revision of minimum wages in Employment in shop or commercial establishment not being an employment in any bank or an employment which is included under any other entries in the Schedule.

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EPFO has announced the launch of its New Online Module to simplify surrender of Exemption.

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Under Article 226, it is impermissible for the High Court to reappraise the facts in a departmental enquiry. The Supreme Court held that where there is some evidence which the authority entrusted with the duty to hold the enquiry has accepted and which evidence may reasonably support the conclusion that the delinquent officer is guilty of the charge, it is not the function of the High Court to review the evidence and to arrive at an independent finding on the evidence

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