WPC/1114/2025 of MANAGEMENT OF M/S NEUTRAL PUBLISHING HOUSE LIMITED (PRABHAT KHABAR) vs STATE OF JHARKHAND THRO THE SECRETARY, DEPT. OF LABOUR, EMPLOYMENT, TRAINING AND SKILL DEVELOPMENT
High Court of JharkhandWPC
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The High Court of Jharkhand decided this matter on 19 January 2026. The registry identifies it as CNR JHHC010069032025. It was heard by Justice Deepak Roshan.
The disposal recorded by the registry is "The court quashed the reference and the case proceedings, and allowed the writ petition.". The record refers to 3 enactments, among them Working Journalists & Other Newspaper Employees (Conditions of Service) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1955, Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 and Jharkhand Public Demands Recovery Act. 4 statutory provisions are noted on the record.
Court record
| Court | High Court of Jharkhand |
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| Record type | WPC |
| Case number | CNR JHHC010069032025 |
| Date of decision | |
| Decision year | 2026 |
| Bench | HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE DEEPAK ROSHAN |
| Petitioner | MANAGEMENT OF M/S NEUTRAL PUBLISHING HOUSE LIMITED (PRABHAT KHABAR) |
| Respondent | STATE OF JHARKHAND THRO THE SECRETARY, DEPT. OF LABOUR, EMPLOYMENT, TRAINING AND SKILL DEVELOPMENT, |
| Disposal | The court quashed the reference and the case proceedings, and allowed the writ petition. |
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