Jet Airways Directed to Pay ₹13 Lakh in Back Wages to Dismissed Employee Despite Ongoing Liquidation: Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court, in a significant ruling under the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, has directed Jet Airways (India) Pvt. Ltd., currently under liquidation, to pay ₹13,00,000 along with accrued interest to a former employee, Prashant Rao, who was dismissed in 2008. The court held that the employee’s entitlement to back wages had “crystallized” on the date of the Tribunal award, well before the airline entered corporate insolvency and liquidation…
