Jai Narain Vyas University, Jodhpur vs. Bhanwar Singh; 2025 INSC 1426 - S.17B Industrial Disputes Act

Industrial Disputes Act 1947 - Section 17B- Section 17B of the ID Act provides for payment of full wages to workmen, pending proceedings in higher courts, against orders of reinstatement issued by Courts under the ID Act. This absolves the employer from complying with the order of reinstatement and Section 17B of the ID Act can be invoked only on condition of the workman having not been employed during the period and an affidavit to that effect being filed before the higher court. [Context: The Supreme Court held Section 17B was misapplied by the University’s Syndicate, clarified that the respondent’s continuation was not “litigious employment”]