Decision path
1
Fix the legal period and forum.
Identify the Act/Code, transition, appropriate Government and territorial jurisdiction.
Identify the Act/Code, transition, appropriate Government and territorial jurisdiction.
2
Freeze the evidence.
Preserve appointment, payroll, notices, orders, portal acknowledgements and witness material.
Preserve appointment, payroll, notices, orders, portal acknowledgements and witness material.
3
Read the controlling cases.
Extract the ratio, paragraph locator, relief, later treatment and factual limits.
Extract the ratio, paragraph locator, relief, later treatment and factual limits.
Source-closed Supreme Court records
Pawan Hans Limited v Aviation Karmachari Sanghatana
The Court rejected the exclusion and applied the beneficial social-security framework to the contractual workforce covered by the statutory scheme.
Manipal Academy of Higher Education v Provident Fund Commissioner
The Court applied the statutory basic-wage structure and distinguished payments that are not ordinarily, necessarily and uniformly earned by employees in the relevant class.
Finin2min checklist
- What fact determines coverage or status?
- Who carries the evidentiary burden?
- Which authority or tribunal has jurisdiction?
- What is the limitation trigger?
- Is the cited proposition still good law after statutory change?
- What operational record would prove compliance?